Gentleman Quotes - Page 16

Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth, came Habraham, Moyses, Aron and the profettys; and also the kyng of the right line of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.

Ice-T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman.

When I first started to take photographs in Czechoslovakia, I met this old gentleman, this old photographer, who told me a few practical things. One of the things he said was, "Josef, a photographer works on the subject, but the subject works on the photographer."

We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order.

Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that 'tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for't.

If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.

Uncertain whose the narrowest span,--the clown unread, or half-read gentleman.

Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman.

John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent; Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!

The colors that float from the masthead should be the credentials of our seamen. There is no safety to us, and the gentlemen have shown it, but in the rule that all who sail under the flag (not being enemies) are protected by the flag.

The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman.

The objection to a Communist always resolves itself into the fact that he is not a gentleman.

Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.

I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.' 'I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.

When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.

Ladies and gentlemen are permitted to have friends in the kennel, but not in the kitchen.

Any gentleman with the slightest chic will give a girl a fifty dollar bill for the powder room.

You’re a gentleman,” they used to say to him. “You shouldn’t have gone murdering people with a hatchet; that’s no occupation for a gentleman.