The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.

—Judith Martin

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

—Judith Martin

A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable.

—Judith Martin

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class.

—Judith Martin

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

—Judith Martin

Humor is also a way of saying something serious.

—T. S. Eliot

It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English—up to fifty words used in correct context—no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.

—Carl Sagan

You missed me? Five months you don't say one word to me. Not a text, not an email, nothing. That doesn't sound like you missed me.

—Leia Shaw in Boy Meets Nerd

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

—Bill Watterson