WIST Quotations

Martin, Judith -- Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)

Dave — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:41:38 +0000

Although making distinctions based on age does violate the concept of total equality, what could be fairer? With any luck, age happens to everyone. According greater respect to greater age is the system most likely to give everyone a fair turn at high status, not to mention its being a nice little consolation for the loss of supple skin and a memory for names.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Star-Spangled Manners, ch. 3 (2003)
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Butcher, Jim -- Peace Talks, ch. 32 (2020)

Dave — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:52:14 +0000

Some free advice for you: Never fight an old man. They’ve been there, done that, written the book, made and starred in the movie, designed the T-shirt, and they’ve got no ego at all about how the fight gets won.

Jim Butcher (b. 1971) American author
Peace Talks, ch. 32 (2020)
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Abbott, George -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:07:41 +0000

If you want to be adored by your peers and have standing ovations wherever you go — live to be over ninety.

George Abbott (1887-1995) American director, producer, dramatist
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Quoted in his obituary in The Times of London (2 Feb 1995)