Gentleman Quotes · Page 17

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. It's not like the sheep was underage.

— Colin Mochrie

Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

— Confucius

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.

— Vince Lombardi

“I warned you that I’m having a difficult time being a gentleman. Should I assume you’re provoking me on purpose?”

— Tessa Bailey

You know, I'm an old man, and there's always parts for old bald guys.

— Michael Hogan

We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

— Robert E. Lee

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight.…

— Tina Fey

Gentleman, God created you with the heart of a warrior. Until there’s something you’re willing to die for, you can’t truly live.

— Craig Groeschel

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

— Simon Raven

I should be very much obliged if you would slip your revolver into your pocket. An Eley's No. 2 is an excellent…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church…

— Jane Pauley

“Ball-room introductions cease with the object—viz.: dancing; nor subsequently anywhere else can a gentleman approach the lady by salutation or in any…

— Samuel Roberts Wells

Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to…

— Anita Loos

“Mister Jordan?” Came the genteel, restrained voice of a more senior gentleman in the front of the canoe. “Yes, General?” “Shut up.”…

— Christina Engela

Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we…

— Benjamin Peirce

It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's…

— Bill O'Reilly

“Gentleman Jim [dog] was cheerful enough, partly because his owner was so well trained... He had alsot trained him to get up…

— Livi Michael

During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini…

— James Keller

“But I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more…

— Marilynne Robinson

“There was something unusual about him, or something behind him. It might be that he was bookish - never came to see…

— Virginia Woolf

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his…

— Miyamoto Musashi

I think we're always in love. It's that simple. And it's important to remember that love doesn't have anything to do with…

— Nikki Giovanni

Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession.

— William Shakespeare

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

— Phil Mickelson

There is no such passion in human nature, as the passion for gravy among commercial gentlemen.

— Charles Dickens

I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality .

— Silvio Berlusconi

Facts, like telescopes and wigs for gentlemen, were a seventeenth century invention.

— Alasdair MacIntyre

For a brief period, I had a gentleman's farm in Pennsylvania, but even then, I kept a place in New York.

— Alan Menken

“The Church being what she is cannot have the instincts of a gentleman.”

— George Everett Macdonald

The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

— Confucius

“he sometimes took out a gun, but never killed; quite the gentleman.”

— Jane Austen

He's no kind of gentleman. That's all right. I'm no kind of lady.

— Caitlin Kittredge

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.

— A. J. McLean

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

— Joan Miro

Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.

— Joseph Abboud

These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers.

— Ronald Reagan

He frowns. "A dance with the carnivorous Felicity? Why? Has she eaten all the other available gentlemen?

— Libba Bray

Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.

— Robin Williams