I talk about beepers going off in the middle of a concert and people being late and not apologizing, and people not RSVP-ing, and adult children going back to live with their parents, which we didn’t have in the ’60s and ’70s. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
A bride is a bride the first time around. The white dress and the white veil are symbolic. So many people are breaking the rules that people don’t know what the rules are. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
At home, we’re listening to TV or playing with our computers, so our entertaining is rusting. We don’t know how to be good hosts and guests in business situations. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
The polished executive is ultimately the happy executive who can walk gracefully through life. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
I don’t care what your politics are, I would wager that if you asked any American woman which administration would she have most liked to work for as social secretary, she would pick Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House as the place to be. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
You’d be surprised how much easier it is to conduct business over tea than over lunch or dinner in a bustling restaurant. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the ’80s can be drowned out. For 45 minutes, anyway. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
Nothing gets on other people’s nerves at the office more than a whistler. And the sad part is, these whistlers don’t know they’re doing it. Someone should, tactfully, tell the whistler how much it disrupts the office environment. Letitia Baldrige Read Quote
