G Quotes
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“Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)
“Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot. I implore you, send him back to his father and brothers, who are waiting for him with open arms in the penitentiary. I suggest that we give him ten years in Leavenworth, or eleven years in Twelveworth.”
“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.”
“Gentlemen, do you know what is the finest speech that I ever in my life heard or read? It is the address of Garibaldi to his Roman soldiers, when he told them: "Soldier, what I have to offer you is fatigue, danger, struggle and death; the chill of the cold night in the free air, and heat under the burning sun; no lodgings, no munitions, no provisions, but forced marches, dangerous watchposts and the continual struggle with the bayonet against batteries;- - those who love freedom and their country may follow me." That is the most glorious speech I ever heard in my life.”
“Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet that was a hell of a pitch.”
“Gentlemen, four-fifths of the earth's surface is covered by seas; that is unquestionably too much; the world's surface, the map of oceans and dry land, must be corrected. We shall give the world the workforce of the sea, gentlemen. This will no longer be the style of Captain van Toch; we shall replace the adventure story of pearls by the hymnic paean of labour.”
“Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.”
“Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.”
“Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me.”
Source: Notes from Underground (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)
“Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is”
“Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business.”
“Gentlemen, I have spent the night thinking about this Peruvian (peace) initiative and I have to tell you that if it is your decision to accept then you will have to find another Prime Minister.”
Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“Gentlemen, I want you to know that I am not always right, but I am never wrong.”
“Gentlemen, I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec tomorrow.”
“Gentlemen, if ever a generation will come after us which is so weak and soft-hearted that it doesn't understand our task, then indeed the whole of National Socialism has been in vain. To the contrary, in my opinion one should bury bronze plates on which it is recorded that we have had the courage to carry out this great and so necessary work.”
“Gentlemen, if my love for you equaled my ignorance of everything concerning you, it would indeed be unbounded.”
“Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order to live. Should we withhold the medicine? No. We are not wrong. We did not seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.”
“Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.”
“Gentlemen, include me out.”
“Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.”
“Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.”
Source: White Nights and Other Stories
“Gentlemen, let's get the thing straight once and for all. The policeman isn't there to create disorder. The policeman is there to preserve disorder.”
“Gentlemen, let's go row!”
“Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.”
“Gentlemen, no one objects to the husband being the head of the wife as Christ was the head of the church--to crucify himself; whatwe object to is his crucifying his wife.”
“Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently.”
“Gentlemen, start your egos!”
“Gentlemen, start your engines!”
“Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth.”
“Gentlemen, the character of Washington is among the most cherished contemplations of my life. It is a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, steady, beneficent light.”
Source: The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster, The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address
“Gentlemen, the time is coming when there will be two great classes, Socialists, and Anarchists. The Anarchists want the government to be nothing, and the Socialists want the government to be everything. There can be no greater contrast. Well, the time will come when there will be only these two great parties, the Anarchists representing the laissez faire doctrine and the Socialists representing the extreme view on the other side, and when that time comes I am an Anarchist.”
“Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.”
Source: Disraeli: Speech at the Banquet of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations, at the Crystal Palace, on June 24, 1872. Rede Im Kristallpalast Am 24 Juni 1872
“Gentlemen, this is the football.”
“Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed.”
“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good.”
“Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it.”
“Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking.”
“Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence.”
“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.”
“Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.”
“Gentlemen, you are about to witness the most famous victory in history.”
“Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.”
“Gentlemen, you may soon have the alternative to live as slaves or die as free men”
“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”
“Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.”
“Gentleness and peacefulness regulate our proceedings; theirs are dictated by fury. We employ reason, they accumulate faggots. They preach nothing but love, and breathe nothing but blood. Their words are humane, but their hearts are cruel.”
“Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.”
“Gentleness brings victory to him who attacks, and safety to him who defends. Those whom Heaven would save, it fences round with gentleness.”
“Gentleness clears the soul
Love cleans the mind
And makes it Free.
- Fill Your Heart”
“Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.”
Source: Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait