Gentleman Quotes · Page 38

Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen.

— Cassandra Clare

The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as…

— William Hazlitt

[Mikhail] Gorbachev complained. He was told look, there's nothing on paper. People didn't actually say it but the implication was look, if…

— Noam Chomsky

Dear gentlemen, let me die a natural death.

— Samuel Garth

“An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who…

— Henry Fielding

to be sure, marriage is all in all with the ladies; but with us gentlemen it's quite another thing!

— Fanny Burney

I'm a southern gentleman.

— Jamie Foxx

The gentleman cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, Peaceably if we can, forcibly if…

— Henry Clay

As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts…

— Gelett Burgess

He had once found himself in a room with Lady Bessborough's long-haired white cat. He happened to be dressed in an immaculate…

— Susanna Clarke

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

— W. Somerset Maugham

But gentlemen, as long as I am an American Citizen, and as long as American blood runs in these veins, I shall…

— Elijah Parish Lovejoy

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.

— Len Goodman

Casting is always critical but in this case, 'The Way Back', I was looking internationally to a degree for an interesting mix…

— Peter Weir

“When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

George III's ability to step in and out of his role fed stories of commoners chancing upon a sturdy gentleman by the…

— Amanda Foreman

I have had a few gentlemen let me know they find my manly beardiness somewhat alluring. Never any ladies though.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I'll just be the first to say that Ken [Watanabe] should be a national treasure in Japan, because he is an unbelievably…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The essence of being a gentleman is to understand the way you're supposed to treat a respectable woman.

— Ne-Yo

Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come,…

— Scott Lynch

A gentleman is never in a hurry.

— Andre Maurois

As a matter of fact [my mother] is very happily married. To a very nice southern gentleman named Roanoke - her first…

— Carrie Fisher

Representative William McK. Springer, remarks in the House, quoting Henry Clay: As for me, I would rather be right than be President.…

— Bill Vaughan

These people in the North-East of Ireland, from old prejudices perhaps more than from anything else, from the whole of their past…

— Bonar Law

Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.

— Herbert Hoover