I knew there was a reason I liked her!

[kitanzi]

Indeed, Miss Manners has come to believe that the basic political
division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives
but between those who believe that they should have a say in the love
lives of strangers and those who do not.
~ Miss Manners (Judith Martin)

(Thanks, ACat!)

Comments

Thank you!

[otherdeb.livejournal.com]

And do either you or autographed_cat have a citation for that?

Thanks in advance --

Deb

Re: Thank you!

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Nope, he says it came out of alt.quotations, without any further citation. If you find one, let me know!

[gingicat]

That's just wonderful. :)

[cellio]

That's great!

Though I might generalize it to "in the lives of strangers" -- while love lives attract a lot of attention, they're not the only sources of meddling.

[(Anonymous)]

I suppose I'm being a bit picky, but I'd change 'strangers' to 'others'. Whether one knows the other person or not, it's still a case of 'MYOB, please'. If I were a theist, I'd probably quote the Golden Rule. But I'm neither a theist nor Miss Manners. :)

Ann Onynous.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Well, you'll have to take that up with Miss Manners - I won't be changing it, because it was a quote, or at least presented to me as one. :)