Etiquette Quotes - Page 11

• Being a Buddhist monk means never losing one's optimism in spite of all difficulties. It also means being harder on yourself than any of your teachers ever were.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Mean

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• As Buddha points out, you should not rely on the opinions of others for validation of your internal progression.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Validation

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• People say when you're in love, you don't need etiquette. Well, you need it then more than anything. Or they say, "At home I can just be myself." What they mean is they can be their worst selves... They always mean they will save all their anxiety about how to behave for somebody like the head waiter of a restaurant, someone they'll never see again.

  Judith Martin

  Love You, Home, Mean

  "Polite Company". Interview with Hara Estroff Marano, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 1998.

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• Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are high - violations of life, limb, property and so on. Barring that, etiquette is a little social contract we make that we will restrain some of our more provocative impulses in return for living more or less harmoniously in a community.

  Judith Martin

  Law, Community, Social Behavior

  "Polite Company". Interview with Hara Estroff Marano, www.psychologytoday.com. March 1, 1998.

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• Yes, etiquette is hypocritical. Yes, it does inhibit children - if you're lucky. But the idea that it's elitist and irrelevant is like saying language is elitist and irrelevant.

  Judith Martin

  Children, Ideas, Doe

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• ... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing.

  Angela Lansbury

  Littles, Lifestyle, Stills

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• Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.

  Alafair Burke

  Wells, Cracked

  Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.303, Macmillan

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• There is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules.

  Frederick Lenz

  Law, Letters, Introduction

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• The etiquette business has its emergencies, heaven knows, but it is in the nature of etiquette emergencies that once one realizes what one has done, it is too late. One might as well get a good night's sleep and send flowers with an apology in the morning.

  Judith Martin

  Good Night, Morning, Flower

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