Gentleman Quotes - Page 16

• Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place. They teach you to be a gentleman there. In the polytechnic they teach you to be an engineer or such like. See?

  George Bernard Shaw

  Nice, Teaching, Science

  Man and Superman (1903) act 2

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• Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

  Paul Claudel

  Wine, Glasses, Champagne Drinking

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• You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.

  John Wayne

  Men, Be A Man, Manhood

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• This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you have to be crystal clear yourself. But there are problems here, and in this regard I unfortunately have a suspicion that this is just a way of getting votes and not a genuine desire to solve the problem.

  Vladimir Putin

  Taken, Fighting, Gay

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• Well, gentlemen, life's just one damn thing after another.

  John Dustin Archbold

  Economics, Damn, Wells

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• I am not sure that we would always want 16-year-olds to do all the things they can do. I am afraid that I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman on the voting age. I think that it should remain as it is.

  Tony Blair

  Thinking, Years, Voting Age

  House of Commons Debates, publications.parliament.uk. June 6, 2008.

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• That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you see in the Hindu paintings? All sorts of grotesque and unnatural figures. What do you see in a Hindu temple? A Chaturbhanga Narayana or some such thing. But take into consideration any Italian picture or Grecian statue-what a study of nature you find in them! A gentleman for twenty years sat burning a candle in his hand, in order to paint a lady carrying a candle in her hand.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Italian, Hands, Order

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• Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Eternity, Delinquency

  "Gentlemen-Rankers" st. 1 (1892)

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• A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Months, Speak

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• Most of the ladies and gentlemen who mourn the passing of the nation's leaders wouldn't know a leader if they saw one. If they had the bad luck to come across a leader, they would find out that he might demand something from them, and this impertinence would put an abrupt and indignant end to their wish for his return.

  Lewis H. Lapham

  Leader, Luck, Wish

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• Softly! Softly! I want none but the judges to hear me. The Jews have already gotten me into a fine mess, as they have many other gentleman. I have no desire to furnish further grist for their mills.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Judging, Desire, Want

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• He's a real gentleman. I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it.

  Shirley MacLaine

  Real, Insult, Magnolias

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• Gentlemen, include me out.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty

  Quoted in Alva Johnston, The Great Goldwyn (1937).

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• Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Funny, Witty, Listen To Me

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• Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.

  William James

  War, Years, Vices

  William James (2012). “The Principles of Psychology”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• We can understand that people, seeing this anti-charter slander by certain media, end up thinking ‘Oh God, am I right to support the charter? Am I a good person?’ Well, yes, you are a good person, ladies and gentlemen, you’re part of the majority of people who want a charter.

  Bernard Drainville

  Thinking, Media, People

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• Ladies and gentlemen, Otis Alexander Sudeikis has LEFT the building! (I'm the building)

  Olivia Wilde

  Building, Left, Ladies And Gentlemen

  Twitter post from Apr 23, 2014

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• Ladies and Gentlemen this fellow combines the classic stylings of a 1950's robot with the dynamic flair of a 1970's street pimp....that's right, boys and girls every where, your friend Pimpbot 5000!

  Conan O'Brien

  Girl, Boys, Pimp

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• We were romantics. We didn't just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?

  Robin Williams

  Honey, Way, Tongue

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• I know it's the gentlemanly thing to let the wife file. But, then, everybody knows I'm no gentleman.

  Dean Martin

  Wife, Files, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

  Peter O'Toole

  Mean, Majesty, Should

  "Fictional character: Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston". "The Last Emperor", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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• Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.

  David Foster

  Reality, Heroism, Ovation

  "The Pale King by David Foster Wallace - review" by Michael Sayeau, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2011.

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• Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. It's not like the sheep was underage.

  Colin Mochrie

  Sheep, Jury, Ladies And Gentlemen

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• I love a man who knows how to walk. I do like a gentleman, a man who opens the door and a man who walks on the proper side of the street with you. There’s something safe about it; he’s protecting you. That’s a really nice quality. You don’t see it as often anymore. I pay attention to those things. I know it sounds silly, but I love that. I’m fortunate to say that I have a good guy. Oh, and he has to have great hands. There’s a lot I find sexy in a man, but strong, manly hands are very important.

  Lana Parrilla

  Sexy, Strong, Nice

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• I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

  Myrna Loy

  Actors, Brilliant, Great Friend

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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