Gentleman Quotes
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It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
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It is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
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Smile, but not for long, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Patriarchy.
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I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.
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One learned gentleman, "a sage grave man," Talk'd of the Ghost in Hamlet, "sheath'd in steel"— His well-read friend, who next to speak began, Said, "That was poetry, and nothing real;" A third, of more extensive learning, ran To Sir George Villiers' Ghost, and Mrs. Veal; Of sheeted Spectres spoke with shorten'd breath, And thrice he quoted Drelincourt on Death.
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This is no time to act like a gentleman. I am a cad and shall react like one.
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A gentleman is someone who never gives offense unintentionally.
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I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.
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Any gentleman with the slightest chic will give a girl a fifty dollar bill for the powder room.
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Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President. Reed: Well, the gentleman will never be either.
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I never quite got the hang of the getting drunk & fondling the thighs [of all the cumbersome young males] business... whether that makes me a gallant & proper gentleman, a cowardly wuss or an unadventurous prude, I cannot make out
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Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?
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An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.
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You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.
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Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again.
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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
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It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.
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One of the reasons why I have no regular job, and why I have not had a regular job for years, is quite simply that my ideas differ from those of the gentlemen who hand out the jobs to individuals who think as they do. It is not just a question of my appearance, which is what they have sanctimoniously reproached me with. It goes deeper, I do assure you.
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The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.
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It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.
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There is no man that can teach us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison.
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A modern gentleman is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent his power of preying on it from passing to a foreigner.
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First, I thought we'd already established that I am not a gentleman. That ship sailed long ago. And second, you'd be surprised what gentlemen do...and what ladies enjoy." ~Lord Bourne
