#etiquette

Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#etiquette #giving-advice #good-manners #life-coaching #life-experience

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#age

Gift giving is a true art. 1. You need to understand the person to whom you intend to give the gift. 2. You need to know what they truly want. 3. You must be able to give it to them. Anything less is a symptom of varying degrees, on your part, of ignorance, distance, or insult. But if you cannot afford the right gift, telling the person what you would do if you could, justifies everything—as you present that not-so-perfect substitute. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#gift #gift-giving #gifts #art

Etiquette is the fine tunning of education ↗

— Nadine Daher

#business-etiquette #education #etiquette #kids #manners

Ticketmaster saying that their fee is a "convenience" is like a rapist calling his raping a "favor ↗

— Andy Ostrom

#concert #entertainment #etiquette #music #ticketmaster

Whenever two people come together and their behavior affects one another, you have etiquette. ↗

— Emily Post

#humanity-and-society #relationships #relationship

The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount of etiquette and business things are done just simply by a shake of the hand and whether they like you or not. ↗

— Marc Almond

#business #certain #done #etiquette #go

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#behaving #better #essential #etiquette #little

Ivy did as she was told, face serious and concentrated. “I shield in the name of fashion. I accessorize for one and all. Pursuit of truth is my passion. This I vow by the great parasol. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#proper-etiquette #vows #humor

It is wrong to wear diamonds before luncheon, except on one’s marriage rings. Before, after, and during breakfast, luncheon and dinner, it is vulgar to wear a mixture of colored precious stones. It is always a comfort to know that so many things one can’t afford to do anyway are vulgar. ↗

— Judith Martin

#etiquette #vulgarity #marriage