Quote by Emily Post
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is th

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post

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Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes — in other words, essential! – Emily Post

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To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a “home” might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation. – Emily Post

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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use. – Emily Post

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The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. – Lewis Thomas

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Science goes from question to question big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited. – George Wald

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Dont you see whats at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet. – Walter Reisch

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People challenge my nerd cred all the time. I just show them the photo of me winning my middle-school science fair, wearing my Casio calculator watch and eyeglasses so big they look like they can see the future. – Aisha Tyler

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Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things. – Joan Jett

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Well theres nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and its his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have – there are other things in life besides politics. – Caroline Kennedy

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That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. – Jesse Helms

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If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either. – Joseph Wood Krutch

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