We are all born rude. No infant has ever appeared yet with the grace to understand how inconsiderate it is to disturb others in the middle of the night.
When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don’t have to pay taxes – naturally, no one wants to live any other way.
Nobody believes that the man who says, ‘Look, lady, you wanted equality,’ to explain why he won’t give up his seat to a pregnant woman carrying three grocery bags, a briefcase, and a toddler is seized with the symbolism of idealism.
A wedding invitation is sent by people who have been saying “Do we have to ask them?” to people whose first response is “How much do you think we have to spend on them?”
When you’re in love you put up with things that when you’re out of love you cite.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
The simple idea that everyone needs a reasonable amount of challenging work in his or her life and also a personal life complete with noncompetitive leisure has never really taken hold.
Freedom without rules doesn’t work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
It’s far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Many people mistakenly think a new technology cancels out an old one.
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.