Letitia Baldrige Quotes

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

I would never disrespect anyone.

I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be friendly and say 'please' and 'thank you.' I try and remember it and use it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

My mom would still be mad if I didn't say 'please' and 'thank you.'

When writing a thank-you if you've had lunch with someone downtown, send an e-mail. If somebody is giving you a dinner party in his or her home and all the work that takes, that person deserves a written thank-you.

More young people are aware of the need for thank yous and aware of the tremendous impression they make.

You should respect the people you are around.

Only a jerk would talk politics on Mother's Day.

I don't know where, or by whom, Judge Wapner was raised, but my parents taught me, when you don't have something nice to say about someone, say nothing.

The last thing I say on most phone calls is not, 'Goodbye,' but, 'Thank you.'

I grew up being taught, 'Do unto others as they would do unto you.' I would get scolded for not being polite.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

When I have interns, I always say, 'Handwritten thank-you notes can make a difference.' People remember that - not an e-mail, a handwritten note in an envelope.

It was ingrained in me to be gracious.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together.

If I go to your home, and you're cooking me a meal, I will eat whatever you put in front of me.

If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.

I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.'

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

Civility is not simply about manners.