Emily Post's Quote - To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a

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To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a

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 which fork you use. – Emily Post

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

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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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My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms… you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty! – Rachael Ray, Rachel Ray Show, original airdate October 25th 2007

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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. – Calvin Trillin

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Instead of deadlines and dread, my home now smells like strawberry-apple bread and joy. I should bake more often. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. – Harriet Van Horne, “Not for Jiffy Cooks,” Vogue magazine, 1956

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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak. – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always. – M. Russell Ballard

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