And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
It's hard to predict what will happen with two brands in a market. Sometimes they will behave in a gentlemanly way, and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Could anyone in his right mind speak seriously of any limited nuclear war? It should be quite clear that the aggressor's actions… — Dmitriy Ustinov Copy Share Image
The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure,… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
I know it's the gentlemanly thing to let the wife file. But, then, everybody knows I'm no gentleman. — Dean Martin Copy Share Image
To rage and mock is gentlemanly, to grumble and whine is not. — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made… — George Catlin Copy Share Image
I appeal to the chemists to discover a humane gas that will kill instantly and painlessly. In short- a gentlemanly gas deadly… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice, I think I must take up with avarice. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
You may depend upon it, religion is, in its essence, the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It will alone gentilize, if… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Ian Watson did an almost full novel length treatment which I've never seen and when he finished it Stanley said to him.… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
There was very polite, gentlemanly, and - and - and lady-like push-back on issues on both sides. Chuck Schumer continues to push… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
And another question was unfortunately not asked of Göring: 'The German people put faith in you even if they doubted Hitler because… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
People talk about random acts of kindness, and that goes back to the measure of being gentlemanly again. It's about having consideration… — Simon Baker Copy Share Image
Leisure was the sine qua non of the full Renaissance. The feudal nobility, having lost its martial function, sought diversion all over… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
There is only one way to fight, and that's dirty. Clean gentlemanly fighting will get you nowhere but dead, and fast. Take… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone." She tried not to smile. "That is most… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Gentlemanly, principled, helpful behaviour by older men vis-a-vis young women goes unnoticed, but it deserves real moral credit, and we could use… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
