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Letitia Baldrige

American Writer

Born: Feb 9, 1926

Died: Oct 29, 2012

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Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they contribute to employee morale, embellish the company image, and play a major role in generating profit. Letitia Baldrige

Life Good Quality Manners Profit Increase Good Manners Embellish Morale Cost Cost-Effective Only Generating Major Employee Major Role Quality Of Life Effective Role Contribute Workplace Company Play Image

Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn. Letitia Baldrige

You Intelligence Be Kind Kind Must Learn Politeness Listen

Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based. Letitia Baldrige

Longer Dead Just Chivalry

A real thank you does not come by e-mail. They come in the mail in an envelope. And what comes out of an envelope is a beautiful thing to touch and to handle and to pass around for everyone to read. Letitia Baldrige

Beautiful You Thank You Everyone Out Touch Mail Envelope Come Beautiful Thing Read Around Does Pass Real Handle Thank Thing

We're a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manners so that children have respect for others. Letitia Baldrige

Home Respect Nation Manners Others Respect For Others No-One Children Teaching Start

If you really screw up, send roses. Letitia Baldrige

You Up Send Screw Really Roses

For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. People know how to use a computer and answering machines but have forgotten how to connect with one another. Our society is unraveling. We're too self-obsessed. Letitia Baldrige

Humanity People Every Society Every Step Too Back Our Machines Unraveling Computer Step Taken Step Forward Steps Know Another How Answering Forgotten Communications Use Connect Forward Electronic Two

Going to a party uninvited always has been a negative action. It never has been acceptable. At the very least, it upsets kitchen preparations, parking arrangements, and even details such as space for hanging coats and depositing dripping umbrellas. Letitia Baldrige

Space Negative Party Action Has-Been Details Kitchen Parking Dripping Never Acceptable Always Arrangements Least Been Very Going Hanging Upsets Uninvited Coats Preparations Even

I don't care what your politics are, I would wager that if you asked any American woman which administration would she have most liked to work for as social secretary, she would pick Jacqueline Kennedy's White House as the place to be. Letitia Baldrige

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The polished executive is ultimately the happy executive who can walk gracefully through life. Letitia Baldrige

Life Happy Walk Through Executive Polished Ultimately Gracefully Who

A really first-class company uses really fine stationery. Letitia Baldrige

Fine Really Uses Company

It behooves everyone to move forward, think forward. Letitia Baldrige

Think Everyone Move Move Forward Forward

I think that what we should do is have short, clipped conversations on the telephone so someone can always get us, not talking about inane stuff and having someone trying to get you. I also think we've just got to be more sensitive toward other people and not call them at night if you know they've been working. Letitia Baldrige

You People Not Talking Think Other Telephone About Someone Having More Toward Stuff Know Also Call Talking Always Got Been Get Trying Short Just Conversations Sensitive Them Us Should Working Night

If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just to be on time, but to be early. If you hold up the departure of the jet by as much as 10 minutes, you may cause the plane to wait in line for another hour or two before obtaining new clearance. Letitia Baldrige

Time You Remember Cause Wait Important Before Jet Corporate Guest Minutes Someone Clearance New Hour Most Obtaining Most Important Thing Another Important Thing Line Up Departure May Just The Most Important Hold Plane Much Thing Early Two

Writers on etiquette receive a continuous flow of questions on subjects such as 'When is it too early in the season to wear white accessories?' and 'What is the proper gift to send to a family in mourning?' Letitia Baldrige

Family Gift White Too Wear Proper Writers Accessories Continuous Subjects Questions Mourning Send Etiquette Season Receive Early Flow

For years, people have re-dialed when the line was busy. They waited their turn. When I'm put on hold, I always hope that as my revenge, their other call will be someone wanting to sell them something. Letitia Baldrige

Hope People Revenge Will Busy Other Someone Something Put Call Always Line Waited Years Sell Wanting Hold Them Turn

A man or woman can be known and respected for good taste, regardless of job or income level, if they make good choices in clothes, have good table manners, are kind and organize their home to look warm, welcoming, clean, and appropriate to their station in life. Letitia Baldrige

Life Good Home Man Woman Job Good Taste Clothes Manners Appropriate Respected Station Kind Table Clean Look Welcoming Make Known Taste Regardless Warm Choices Organize Income Level

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