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Gentlemanly Quotes (page 8)

John Ford quote: "Alas, poor gentleman, He look’d not like the ruins of his..."
Alas, poor gentleman, He look’d not like the ruins of his youth But like the ruins of those ruins. John Ford
I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom! Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Margaret Mitchell quote: "Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!"An apt observation,"he..."
Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!"An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady. Margaret Mitchell
And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame Oscar Wilde
I never quite got the hang of the getting drunk & fondling the thighs [of all the cumbersome young males] business... whether that makes me a gallant & proper gentleman, a cowardly wuss or an unadventurous prude, I cannot make out Stephen Fry
Philanthropist. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket... Ambrose Bierce
An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money. Henry Fielding
Truman Capote quote: "I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I..."
I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat. Truman Capote
I cannot suppose there is anybody here who would think it either a good life, or an amusing one, to sit with one's hands before one doing nothing - to live like a gentleman, as fools call it. William Morris
Jeff Foxworthy quote: "If you think the last four words to the national anthem are "..."
If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck. Jeff Foxworthy
Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over? Because, if it is to spite her, I should think - but you know best - that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think - but you know best - she was not worth gaining over. Charles Dickens
Ty Cobb quote: "When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as..."
When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. Ty Cobb
William Shakespeare quote: "What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate;..."
What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman. William Shakespeare
The two plants had a gentleman's agreement going, like the railroad companies and the real-estate speculators in the old days, whereby they progressed together up the hill and into the yard. Nicholson Baker
I rose to go, but Holmes caught me by my wrist and pushed me back into my chair. 'It is both, or none,' said he. 'You may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me. Arthur Conan Doyle

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