WIST Quotations

Martin, Judith -- “Polite Company,” interview by Hara Estroff Marano, Psychology Today (1998-03)

Dave — Tue, 30 May 2023 15:15:18 +0000

Teacup formality is a part of etiquette, but an infinitesimal part. How about fast-food informality? That is as much a part of etiquette as the teacup. It is all of our behavior and not simply the formal occasion behavior. And, in fact, the more informal the circumstances, usually the more you need etiquette.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Polite Company,” interview by Hara Estroff Marano, Psychology Today (1998-03)
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Yevtushenko, Yevgeny -- “Yevtushenko: A Soviet Poet Turns to Movie Making,” New York Times (2 Feb 1986)

Dave — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:05:58 +0000

I, for example, do not like poems that resemble hay compressed into a geometrically perfect cube. I like it when the hay, unkempt, uncombed, with dry berries mixed in it, thrown together gaily and freely, bounces along atop some truck—and more, if there are some lovely and healthy lasses atop the hay—and better yet if the branches catch at the hay, and some of it tumbles to the road.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017) Russian poet, writer, film director, academic [Евге́ний Евтуше́нко, Evgenij Evtušenko]
“Yevtushenko: A Soviet Poet Turns to Movie Making,” New York Times (2 Feb 1986)
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1838-08-31)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:00:00 +0000

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1838-08-31)
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