There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. - Judith Martin
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. - Judith Martin
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. - Judith Martin
When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable. - Judith Martin
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help. - Judith Martin
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. - Judith Martin
We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. - Judith Martin
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressad by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied out of any desire form privacy, is not democracy; it is kindergarten. - Judith Martin
If you can't be kind, at least be vague. - Judith Martin