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Judith Martin
Judith Martin
American Author
Born: Sep 13, 1938
Life Manners People Work You Your
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
'Honesty' in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you're talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty. Judith Martin
Life You Honesty People Rudeness About Between Name Talking Insulting Opinions Cover Candid Quite Often Difference Being Social Used Social Life
When people start hurling insults at you, you know their minds are closed and there's no point in debating. You disengage yourself as quickly as possible from the situation. Judith Martin
You Yourself People Closed Situation Minds Possible No Point Point Know Insults Debating Quickly Start
It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. Judith Martin
Good Others Good Qualities More Qualities Without Discover Impressive Far Your Help
The greater the controversy, the more you need manners. Judith Martin
You Manners More Greater Controversy Need
The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it. Judith Martin
Language High Know Where Clothing Realize Moments Symbolism Need
Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. Judith Martin
You Honesty Face Come Without Insulting Redress Privilege Expecting Mean Your
Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you're a hermit on a mountain, you don't have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you've got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities. Judith Martin
You Problem Behavior Somebody Matters Live Hermit Harmonious Worry About Because Got Up Mountain Human Want Social Then Etiquette Communities Reasonably
I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures. Judith Martin
Manners Distinction Rules Arbitrary Between Particular Make Principles Cultures Times Situations Different Which Eternal Different Cultures Etiquette Different Times Universal
We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type. Judith Martin
You People Will Thought Type Email Evidence Seeing About Deleted More Had Wiser Court Becomes Erase Up Commonly Little Realized Showing Showing Up Now
If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached. Judith Martin
Alone Rest Libraries Would Directions Attached Written Suffice Need Universities
We already know that anonymous letters are despicable. In etiquette, as well as in law, hiring a hit man to do the job does not relieve you of responsibility. Judith Martin
You Man Law Job Responsibility Despicable Relieve Know Well Anonymous Does Hiring Hit Etiquette Letters
You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter. Judith Martin
You Give More Glance Attention Real Letter
Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. Judith Martin
Immorality Morality Force Discreet Enforce
There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. Judith Martin
Class Three Classes America Upper Middle Middle Class Social Lower
Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution. Judith Martin
Immorality Able Morality Small Never Almost Days Force Glory Were Discreet Contribution Did Enforce Even
When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed. Judith Martin
People Ugly Behavior Live Society Indeed Abandon Ideals Most Because Up Very Gets Just Just Because 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. Judith Martin
You Mistake People Wonderful Added Others Tool Email Find Give Simply New Like Another Making Repertoire Up Very Communications Means Your Useful Keep
My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible. Judith Martin
Rude Parents Sorry Stage Incredible Through Sounds Go Did Being Children
First. I began my career as a copy girl. and the White House coverage, for example, was in the then-Women's section. So it was social coverage. It wasn't news, although we often got rather startling news out of it. Judith Martin
News Girl Example First White White House Section Out Rather For Example House Although Got Coverage Began Often Social Copy Career Startling
People read informality as, 'Do whatever you feel like,' and whatever you feel like might be disastrous. Judith Martin
You People Whatever Feel Like Disastrous Read Might
Learn graceful ways of saying no and of pointing out that this pressure to do something is not in line with most people's wishes. Judith Martin
Saying People Pressure Ways Out Something Pointing Wishes Most Learn Line Graceful

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