Quotes About Gentleman
Look down, your grace, said Skimmer. Mhm, mhm. Vimes realized he could feel the faintest prick of a knife blade on his stomach. Look down further, he said. Inigo looked down. He swallowed. Vimes had a knife, too. You really are no gentleman, then, he said. Make a sudden move and neither are you, said Vimes.
~ Terry Pratchett
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5.Buggre Alle this for a Larke I amme sick to mye Hart of typefetinge. Master Biltonn if no Gentelmann, and Master Scagges now more that a tighte fisted Southwarke Knobbefticke. I telle you, onne a daye laike thif Ennywone withe half and oz of Sense shoulde bee oute in the Suneshain, ane nott Stucke here alle the lielong dale inn thif mowldey olde By-Our-Lady Workefhoppe *AE@;I*
~ Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
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Not only did I not like officiating his games, I was afraid at times he was going to knock my block off... there was nothing you could do to get the guy on your side... with saying that, I've talked to Rasheed Wallace in the last couple of years and he's nothing but a complete gentleman off the floor.
~ Tim Donaghy
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If decorum allowed, she would take tea at the hotel. Once inside, she might run into a rich northern gentleman who had ridden in this very coach. If only she could touch something colored blue for luck before entering the building! "Touch blue and your wish will come true." That, along with the rabbit's foot she always carried in her pocket, would almost ensure such a meeting.
~ Karen Cecil Smith
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A gentleman would have announced himself!" I told him, pressing against the side of the tub. "And a scoundrel would have joined you." -- Kit Marlowe to the witch Gillian (shortly before joining her in the tub!)
~ Karen Chance
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Mum Paula says that she has two very different boys. 'I could put it like this: Rami stands for reason and Kimi for action. When it's Kimi, if there's the smallest gap, he'll slip past. Rami is more of a gentleman, so that if someone catches up with him, he might think, Go on, pass. If Kimi sees the tiniest chink, he'll exploit it.
~ Kari Hotakainen
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A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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...Tea, although an Oriental, Is a gentleman at least; Cocoa is a cad and coward, Cocoa is a vulgar beast...
~ G. K. Chesterton
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Sabemos que a este hombre de batallas no lo volvió matonesco la montura y que, en cuanto bajaba, era civil, como si al general lo dejase en el estribo, y por añadido tan cortesano, que bailaba como si se pasara el día danzando sobre los tapices.
~ Gabriela Mistral
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Count Andrea Sperelli-Fieschi of Ugenta, the sole heir, continued the family tradition. He was, in truth, the ideal type of young Italian gentleman of the nineteenth century, the legitimate defender of a lineage of gentlemen and elegant artists, the last descendant of an intellectual race. He was, as it were, completely impregnated with art.
~ Gabriele d'Annunzio
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The living of your life is hard work, young Master Carter... You may act the gentleman or the barbarian." "Those are the only two choices?" "Yes," said the Butler, "the only two...
~ Gary D. Schmidt
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campaign: a child spawned in the lost America of love drapes himself in the trappings of a gentleman to sell himself to the world.
~ Gary R. Edgerton
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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 to appear as a normal little gentleman.
~ Charlie Chaplin
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'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.
~ Douglas Booth
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As a woman, first of all, let me say this: I know Donald Trump for 30 years. We socialized with him. I have been involved in a million situations with him and his children. He has always been a gentleman.
~ Jeanine Pirro
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Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.
~ Patricia McBride
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I'm a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.
~ Michael Jackson
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The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.
~ Louis Kronenberger
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Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.
~ Jason Evert
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Takes more than combat gear to make a man Takes more than a license for a gun Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run
~ Sting
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A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.
~ Christopher Hitchens
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Sure enough, standing with their backs to the hall fire, were Aunt Sadie, Aunt Emily, and a small, fair, and apparently young man. My immediate impression was that he did not seem at all like a husband. He looked kind and gentle.
~ Nancy Mitford
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including one gentleman who had been introduced as a poet, although Laurence could not believe this had been an accurate translation: more likely the man was a clerk of some sort.
~ Naomi Novik
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It's time to go courting." "Excuse me?" "Courting, or, in scientific terms, time for a kiss and a cuddle. Look here, Sempere, for some strange reason centuries of supposed civilization have brought us to a situation in which one cannot go sidling up to women on street corners or asking them to marry us, just like that. First there has to be courtship.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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