Amy Vanderbilt Quotes

"I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what traditions they have discarded, what compromises they have made."
- Amy Vanderbilt
(Related: People, Etiquette, Traditions)

"The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperone."
- Amy Vanderbilt
(Related: Woman)

"We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man."
- Amy Vanderbilt
(Related: Man, May)