Gentleman Quotes

845 quotes by 607 authors

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed into regular classes, should read… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. — Walter Bagehot
'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse myself with… — Cyrano de Bergerac
With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. — Otto von Bismarck
The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but… — Malin Akerman
In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived… — Carol Burnett
If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by… — Lord Byron
A gentleman never talks about his tailor. — Nick Cave
A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on. — Fred Allen
The minute you try to talk business with him he takes the attitude that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and the moment you… — Raymond Chandler
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. — Charlie Chaplin
All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt… — Charlie Chaplin
Gentlemen, as sure as I'm sitting here now, the result of continuation of a non-system, the ostrich-like head-in-the-sand attitude, the constant rejection of any efforts… — Dianne Feinstein
It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I… — Washington Irving
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest. — Duke of Wellington
Thirdly, the gentleman warrior, carrying the weaponry of his way. The way of the warrior is to master the virtue of his weapons. If a… — Miyamoto Musashi
Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the… — Benjamin Franklin
My Grandmother would say, 'Make sure you look good. Make sure you speak well. Make sure you remain that Southern gentleman that I've taught you… — Jamie Foxx
The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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