Gentleman Quotes - Page 16

• First, I thought we'd already established that I am not a gentleman. That ship sailed long ago. And second, you'd be surprised what gentlemen do...and what ladies enjoy." ~Lord Bourne

  Sarah MacLean

  Long Ago, Ships, Firsts

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• McLaggen makes Grawp look like a gentleman.

  J. K. Rowling

  Looks, Hermione

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• If you want to know if a gentleman loves you,” her mother said, “there is only one true way to be sure.” “It’s in his kiss,” her mother whispered. “It’s all there, in his kiss.

  Julia Quinn

  Mother, Love You, Kissing

  Julia Quinn (2005). “It's in his kiss”

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• The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will

  John Flanagan

  Eyebrows, May, Halt

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• I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my time, among other things, and none of 'em was as hard to sustain as my lifetime's impersonation of a British officer and gentleman.

  George MacDonald Fraser

  Dog, Yankees, Texas

  George MacDonald Fraser (2013). “Flashman in the Great Game: A Novel”, p.82, Penguin

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• 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

  Nice, Cutting, Moments

  "In Cold Blood". Book by Truman Capote, 1965.

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• He gave a hard smile and the oxygen in my lungs evaporated. “We both know I’m not a gentleman.” “Yeah. Okay, let me out. I’m tired.” “There’s something else,” he said, and I groaned. “What now?” “This.” He stepped closer to me, so close that the containers were sandwiched between us. His eyes looked down into mine, intent and golden, like a lion. “Oh, no, you don’t!” I hissed, dropping everything. I pushed hard against his chest; it was like shoving a tree. “Yes,” he said very softly, leaning down. “Yes, I do.

  Cate Tiernan

  Tired, Eye, Oxygen

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• Surely the Shadowhunter community must honor you and hold you in high esteem as a gentleman who has truly advanced their race. No, Henry said sadly. Mostly they wish that I would stop suggesting new inventions and cease setting fire to things.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fire, Race, Community

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.281, Simon and Schuster

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• Will's Father's gaze went immediately to Gabriel, and then to Cecily, his eyes narrowing. "And who is this gentlemen?" Will's grin widened. "Oh him," he said. "This is Cecliy's friend, Mr. Gabriel Lightworm." Gabriel, half in the act of stretching his hand to greet Mr. Herondale, froze in horror. "Lightwood," he sputtered. "Gabriel Lightwood.

  Cassandra Clare

  Father, Eye, Hands

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• Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain.

  Derek Landy

  Air, Wings, Safety

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• Who ever he is, I agree with your mother," said Dad as he entered the kitchen. "Stay away from him. Stay away from them all until you're of marrying age. Once you reach a nice, mature fifty-four, gentlemen callers will be welcomed here.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Mother, Dad, Nice

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well." "If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer.

  Marissa Meyer

  Wells, Offers, Ifs

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• So tell me gentleman, tell me the time and place where it was easy to be a woman.

  Andrew Sean Greer

  Easy

  Andrew Sean Greer (2013). “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells”, p.162, Faber & Faber

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• God rest you merry, gentlemen,
  Let nothing you dismay,
  For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
  Was born upon this day,
  To save us all from Satan's power
  When we were gone astray.
  O tidings of comfort and joy!
  For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
  Was born on Christmas Day.

  Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

  Christmas, Jesus, Comfort And Joy

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• There is only one immutable law in life - in a gentleman's toilet, incoming traffic has the right of way.

  Hugh Leonard

  Hilarious, Funny Life, Law

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• Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Learning, Men, Examination

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.24, Macmillan

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• O gentlemen, the time of life is short!
  To spend that shortness basely were too long,
  If life did ride upon a dial's point,
  Still ending at the arrival of an hour.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Long, Hours

  1596-7 Hotspur. Henry IV Part One, act 5, sc.2, l.81-4.

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• These, Gentlemen, are the opinions upon which I base my facts.

  Winston Churchill

  Science, Facts, Opinion

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• Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth.

  August Kekule

  Love, Dream, Truth

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• The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.

  W. H. Auden

  Acting, Actors, Theater

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• A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.

  Alan Ayckbourn

  Work, Sleep, Thinking

  Alan Ayckbourn (1988). “The Norman Conquests: A Trilogy of Plays”, p.215, Grove Press

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• Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

  Winston Churchill

  Drinking, Wine, Fighting

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• The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!

  Winston Churchill

  Real, Loss, Substance

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• Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes. Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Fall, Years, Nwo

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• Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.

  John Galsworthy

  Character, Power, Thinking

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