Two Fred Astaire quotes

[Giant Communist Robot]

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

and

[to Jack Lemmon] You're at a level where you can only afford one mistake. The higher up you go, the more mistakes you're allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

[barfle]

Regarding the second quote, at the time when I was paying attention to major league baseball, Reggie Jackson held the record for the number of times he'd struck out.

It's true, if you're at the top of the game, you can get away with a lot.

As far as the first quote is concerned, my clever canned response is that the world has been going to hell in a handbasket since the invention of handbaskets.