“A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.” MenWorldSaidValuesLeftWomenHe ManProductsEqualityChiefsGentlemanSuffrage Author:Anna Howard Shaw
“Newt Gingrich wants to repeal child labor laws. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the man that we need to lead us into the 18th century.” MenWantNeedsChildrenLawCenturyHe ManLaborGentleman18th CenturyLadies And GentlemenNewtsChild LaborLabor Laws Author:David Letterman
“The attitude of the true scientist towards the real limits of human understanding was unforgettably impressed on me in early youth by the obviously unpremeditated words of a great biologist; Alfred Kuhn finished a lecture to the Austrian Academy of Science with Goethe 's words, "It is the greatest joy of the man of thought to have explored the explorable and then calmly to revere the inexplorable." After the last word he hesitated, raised his hand in repudiation and cried, above the applause, "No, not calmly, gentlemen; not calmly!” MenHumansRealHandsLastsJoyUnderstandingAttitudeYouthHe ManLimitsScientistRaisedFinishedGentlemanCriedImpressedLast WordsLecturesApplauseAcademyBiologist Author:Konrad Lorenz
“After all, there is such a thing as looking like a gentleman. There are men whose class no dirt or rags can hide, any more than they could Ulysses. I have seen such men in plenty among workmen, too; but, on the whole, the gentleman--by whom I do not mean just now the rich--have the superiority in that point. But not, please God, forever. Give us the same air, water, exercise, education, good society, and you will see whether this "haggardness," this "coarseness" (etc., for the list is too long to specify), be an accident, or a property, of the man of the people.” PeopleMenGivingMeanLongWholeWaterClassForeverRichAirHe ManExercisePleasePropertyAccidentsListsPlentyGentlemanEtcDirtSuperiorityRagsWorkmenUlysses Author:Charles Kingsley
“He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.” MenHe ManGentleman Author:Denis Diderot
“Whatever may be the talents of the persons who meet together in [American] society, the very shape, form, and arrangement of the meeting is sufficient to paralyze conversation. The women invariably herd together at one part of the room, and the men at the other ... The gentlemen spit, talk of elections and the price of produce, and spit again. The ladies look at each other's dresses till they know every pin by heart.” KnowsMenLooksHeartMayPersonsTogetherFormRoomsTalentProduceHe ManShapesConversationElectionDressesMeetingsGentlemanSufficientArrangementsPinsHerdsSpitAmerican Society Author:Frances Trollope
“The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.” MenTalkingHe ManGentlemanInfallible Author:Bill Vaughan
“There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.²” “Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You owe me” Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky..”” MenYearsLooksChildrenLittlesSaidWholeLightHappensEarthMotherNextLostBoysSunFourWifeSeeingDoorsSkyCryHe ManNeighborGentlemanSatFour YearsYardsLapElderlyLittle BoysNext Door Neighbors Author:Hafez
“The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.” MenHe ManMannersEaseGentlemanVulgarVulgarity Author:Lord Chesterfield
“I think it's becoming rarer and rarer when I consider the experiences that I've had in my life between my dad and my brother and all the men in my life who have all been gentlemen and have looked after women.” ThinkingMenHe ManBrotherBecomingDadMy DadGentlemanMy Brother Author:Alex Pettyfer
“As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts the gentleman's code.” MenLawAcceptingDogHe ManCodeGentlemanLoyalObedientCastesClansFraternalThoroughbreds Author:Gelett Burgess
“Have you ever seen that guy who has the record for fattest man in the world? Bob Hughes, the fattest man in the world... 1400 pounds. Ladies and gentlemen, the man has let himself go.” MenWorldGuyRecordsHe ManGentlemanPoundsBobThat GuyLadies And Gentlemen Author:Jerry Seinfeld