222 Quotes by Judith Martin

Presents are symbolic. When you give them in your personal life, they should show that you are paying attention to the person to whom you're giving them.

There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.

Try not to annoy your relatives unnecessarily.

Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love lives of strangers and those who do not

We are all entitled to our little harmless habits, but we are not entitled to demand approval for them.

The mistake people keep making is that if they find a wonderful new tool, like email, they have to give up all others. They don't. You have simply added another very useful means to your communications repertoire.

What is Thanksgiving without a nutty relative?

The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it.