Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do.

Most people who work at home find they do not have the benefit of receptionists who serve as personal guards

If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

Adorable children are considered to be the general property of the human race. Rude children belong to their mothers.

It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness.

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Society cannot exist without etiquette ... It never has, and until our own century, everybody knew that.

I was working in silence seeking no appreciation or respect from any one. And it is always the silence from which great literature is born.

For Madison, on the other hand, “a Public Debt is a Public curse, ” and “in a Representative Government greater than in any other.”26

Heaven is not for good people, it's for forgiven people.

I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you realize.

I enjoy working on new, different types of characters. Playing a range is what excites me.

I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.

A real leader is not the top dog who merely shouts down orders. a leader is one who holds the space for the brilliance of others.

I began by playing for the biggest club in the Lorraine region, went on to the biggest club in France and ended up with the biggest in the world.

Writers will be judged by what they write.

Each paradigm will be shown to satisfy more or less the criteria that it dictates for itself and to fall short of a few of those dictated by its opponent.