#gentleman

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#cultivated #dainty #filtered #fine #fingertips

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#except #gentleman #honestly #i #i can

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#depends #gentleman #ignorance #inspiration #reads

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#gentleman #getting #gives #hardly #himself

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#economist #english #ever #gentleman #his

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#both #breeding #candor #equally #frame

When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy. ↗

— Taryn Manning

#crying #easy #experience #gentleman #his

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#hard #very #writer

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do. ↗

— Little Richard

#i #i do #much #very

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#alone #cave #courage #doubtful #escort