Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners' concept of propriety, much less logic.

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.

Oh, I told You once and I told You twiceTake this Call of love, Never think TwiceCome share My love, Come share My love again

The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.

Our ancestors did great work for humanity. What will we do for the next generations?

...everything I treasure is broken - it's of no use to anybody but me...

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

These devils find a way to get at'cha. All it takes is some green and your face on the screen.

I'm kind of pinching myself in the morning. Like, wait, you really did pray to have a body of work that stays diversified and interesting. And I have it!

I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

Everything and everybody is sooner or later identified, defined, and put in perspective. The truth as always is simultaneously better and worse than what the popular myth-making has it.