“Civilized life begins with a boiled egg sitting upright in an egg cup.”

Judith Martin

“Miss Manners doubts that there is anything in the world like an elegantly dressed Bostonian lurching across the room and diving face first into a bowl of guacamole dip while simultaneously disengaging...”

Judith Martin

“If you put together all the ingredients that naturally attract children - sex, violence, revenge, spectacle and vigorous noise - what you have is grand opera.”

Judith Martin

“Traditionally, a luncheon is a lunch that takes an eon.”

Judith Martin

“Machines do not have feelings... This is not to say that no inanimate objects have feelings -- toys are loaded with feelings, for instance, and only a monster would break the heart of a rag doll.”

Judith Martin