Amy Vanderbilt quotes

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon. (Amy Vanderbilt)

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.

Amy Vanderbilt

I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made.

Amy Vanderbilt

We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.

Amy Vanderbilt

Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.

Amy Vanderbilt

Do not speak of repulsive matters at table.

Amy Vanderbilt

Amy Vanderbilt

Occupation: American Author
Born: July 22, 1908
Died: December 27, 1974
Quotes count: 6

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