You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
William GoldmanTags: gentleman steal the-princess-bride kidnap
Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a gentleman is a matter of choice.
Vin DieselTags: gentleman classy gentlemanlike
What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.
Joan MiróTags: life acceptance gentleman modest
A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.
Haruki MurakamiTags: motivational inspirational manners politeness gentleman chivalry gentlemen
About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.
Robert GravesI'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 FraserTags: gentleman british-officer identitites impersonation
An arrogant man needs to humble himself as a boy, to be a gentleman.
Anthony LiccioneTags: humble gentleman arrogant cocky
Do me a favor? Be a gentleman tomorrow?
Cora CarmackTags: desire gentleman bliss losing-it garrick
For too long we have been the playthings of massive corporations, whose sole aim is to convert our world into a gargantuan shopping 'mall'. Pleasantry and civility are being discarded as the worthless ephemera of a bygone age; an age where men doffed their hats at ladies, and children could be counted on to mind your Jack Russell while you took a mild and bitter in the pub. The twinkly-eyed tobacconist, the ruddy-cheeked landlord and the bewhiskered teashop lady are being trampled under the mighty blandness of 'drive-thru' hamburger chains. Customers are herded in and out of such places with an alarming similarity to the way the cattle used to produce the burgers are herded to the slaughterhouse.
The principal victim of this blandification is Youth, whose natural propensity to shun work, peacock around the town and aggravate the constabulary has been drummed out of them. Youth is left with a sad deficiency of joie de vivre, imagination and elegance. Instead, their lives are ruled by territorial one-upmanship based on brands of plimsoll, and Youth has become little more than a walking, barely talking advertising hoarding for global conglomerates.
... But now, a spectre is beginning to haunt the reigning vulgarioisie: the spectre of Chappism. A new breed of insurgent has begun to appear on the streets, in the taverns and in the offices of Britain: The Anarcho-Dandyist. Recognisable by his immaculate clothes, the rakish angle of his hat and his subtle rallying cry of "Good day to you sir/ madam!
Tags: hat dandy britain gentleman gentlemen civility dandies anarcho-dandyist chap chappism chaps pleasantry rakish teashop
The Dandy is the highest form of existence attainable by the human form. His life is exclusively dedicated to dressing exquisitely, parading about the fashionable boroughs of splendid cities and and holding forth at his club, where he dispenses witticism as readily as the vulgaroisie utters its banal platitudes. The only species of 'work' this singular Chap might engage in would consist of discussing buttonhole stitching with his tailor and performing his ablutions until the morning has been well aired enough for him to step into it.
Gustav Temple and Vic DarkwoodTags: hat dandy britain gentleman gentlemen civility dandies anarcho-dandyist chap chappism chaps pleasantry rakish teashop
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