Gentleman Quotes

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

2. “A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”

3. “The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.”

4. “A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”

5. “A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.”

6. “A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.”

7. “Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”

8. “Fereydun, that's my dad's name. My grandmother, my dad's mom, when she was pregnant, she was dating a man from Persia, a Persian gentleman. It wasn't his child, but he was still very supportive and said, 'Hey, this is a great name,' and so it stuck. So that's what she named him.”

9. “A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.”

10. “Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.”

11. “Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Orson Welles. I am an actor. I am a writer. I am a producer. I am a director. I am a magician. I appear onstage and on the radio. Why are there so many of me and so few of you?”

12. “Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.”

13. “Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”

14. “Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.”

15. “I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.”

16. “A gentleman never talks about his tailor.”

17. “A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.”

18. “I've always aspired to be the quintessential gentleman.”

19. “With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.”

20. “I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.”

21. “Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.”

22. “I would like to think that I'm a gentleman and a nice guy.”

23. “A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as well as a seaman both in theory and practice.”

24. “The policeman must be a minister, a social worker, a diplomat, a tough guy, and a gentleman. And, of course, he'd have to be a genius… For he will have to feed a family on a policeman's salary.”

25. “The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.”

26. “March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely… There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.”

27. “No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.”

28. “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

29. “The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.”

30. “Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.”

31. “The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.”

32. “Ladies and gentleman, I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn.”

33. “Golf is a game with morals. There's always an opportunity to be a scoundrel. That's why it's a gentleman's game.”

34. “A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”

35. “A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.”

36. “Good man! Genuine gentleman! God bless George Thompson, the great-hearted friend of my race.”

37. “I am at heart a gentleman.”

38. “And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.”

39. “John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.”

40. “Listen, I'm a gentleman at the end of the day.”

41. “All I want is a gentleman. I'm sick to bloody death of bastards.”

42. “A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.”

43. “The very first thing you learn if you're a gentleman is that you never compare one woman to another. That's the way of all death.”

44. “If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.”

45. “Christopher Hitchens was a great warrior, a magnificent orator, a pugilist and a gentleman. He was kind, but he took no prisoners when arguing with idiots.”

46. “The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.”

47. “A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.”

48. “He is every other inch a gentleman.”

49. “Wasim Akram is a splendid human being and a thorough gentleman.”

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

51. “Karan Thapar is an endangered species. They don't make them like him anymore. True, thousands have gone to the Doon Valley School after him, as indeed to Oxford and Cambridge universities. But Karan Thapar is more than the sum of his upbringing. He's a gentleman journalist.”

52. “Every fighter has a duty to boxing to not bring themselves or the sport into disrepute by foul language or behaviour so that boxing can be seen as a gentleman's sport.”

53. “I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior.”

54. “It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.”

55. “Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.”

56. “I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.”

57. “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.”

58. “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.”

59. “A lot of sports cars are just not designed for the larger gentleman.”

60. “All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman.”

61. “It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.”

62. “I always had short back and sides because of the movies and shows. I'd always wanted a mullet. My mom never let me have one because she wanted me to be a gentleman, presentable.”

63. “I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure.”

64. “In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.”

65. “Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.”

66. “'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.”

67. “My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.”

68. “My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women.”

69. “The more you act like a lady, the more he'll act like a gentleman.”

70. “Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.”

71. “The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.”

72. “I have concluded that Literature is no proper pursuit for a gentleman and that Writing ought never to be consider'd but as an elegant Accomplishment to be indulg'd in with infrequency and Discrimination.”

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

74. “I worked with Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Tupac! But Tupac was the sweetest man in the world. That whole thug thing was an act - it was silly and dumb. He was a complete gentleman and one of the kindest men I've ever met.”

75. “By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind.”

76. “My grandfather, who is English, was a member of a gentleman's club called the Caledonian, which you can only be a member of if you have Scottish lineage.”

77. “Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.”

78. “I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.”

79. “I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.”

80. “Roger Kahn is someone with a gazillion dollars who thinks that he can use his vast fortune to buy television spots, particularly network television, and boost up his positives, make him appear to be a gentleman farmer, and cover up his warts.”

81. “For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad.”

82. “I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.”

83. “I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.”

84. “I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect.”

85. “This story is based on a gentleman who indeed did… used to come to my parents' house in 1971 from Bangladesh. He was at the University of Rhode Island. And I was four, four years old, at the time, and so I actually don't have any memories of this gentleman.”

86. “A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.”

87. “A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.”

88. “I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.”

89. “An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.”

90. “I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.”

91. “The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.”

92. “If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver.”

93. “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.”

94. “The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.”

95. “It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.”

96. “The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.”

97. “His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.”

98. “Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again.”

99. “I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.”

100. “I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.”

101. “I'm not confident with the ladies. I can't just ask someone out in a club. I'd like to say I'm a gentleman.”

102. “I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.”

103. “The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.”

104. “If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.”

105. “George Pal had total control, and he was there on the set every day. You never met a more charming man in your entire lifetime - what a lovely gentleman.”

106. “Aaron is not at all what his image might indicate. He's fiercly loyal and a true and total gentleman. He's very shy but has very strong opinions. He's into everything, wardrobe, hair, script, casting.”

107. “In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.”

108. “Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it.”

109. “The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.”

110. “The gentleman had also a young daughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.”

111. “The hon. gentleman had better spare his interrogations if they are as senseless as that one.”

112. “Whether the gentleman is capable or not, he is loved all the same; conversely the petty man is loathed all the same.”

113. “Ice T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman.”

114. “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.”

115. “How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!”

116. “Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman.”

117. “This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy.”

118. “Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.”

119. “No lady is ever a gentleman.”

120. “This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.”

121. “The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.”

122. “The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.”

123. “I was always the Southern gentleman.”

124. “I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.”

125. “This is a choice, ladies and gentleman, between Texas and Washington. Most of Ted Cruz's money comes from Washington, from outside the state of Texas, and they've run millions and millions of untrue ads against me.”

126. “It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.”

127. “The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.”

128. “We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.”

129. “I'm a gentleman.”

130. “Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.”

131. “I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.”

132. “If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.”

133. “I'm a southern gentleman.”

134. “I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.”

135. “My dog's a gentleman.”

136. “I just did a part in 'Sin City 2.' I got to do a scene with Ray Liotta. Amazing man, extraordinary gentleman who was just so kind to me… I'm so excited about that; I think it's gonna be very cool.”

137. “For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”

138. “I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.”

139. “I am my father's only child. The world knows a two-dimensional Cary Grant. As charming a star and as remarkable a gentleman as he was, he was still a more thoughtful and loving father.”

140. “The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.”

141. “When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are a little further back; your style is a little more dynamic. It's about the reestablishment of the gentleman.”

142. “Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer.”

143. “A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.”

144. “I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.”

145. “You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.”

146. “When we go to see comedians or funny movies, they don't address the wall behind them; they face us. This is why a game's first job is to entertain through gameplay and secondarily through humor, drama, or other traditional entertainment devices. The humor has to be a gentleman. I mean, it needs to be squeezed in around the game.”

147. “I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.”

148. “Claire Hodgson, born Clara Mae Merritt, was the daughter of a prominent Georgia attorney who had once represented Ty Cobb. She was still a teenager when she married Frank Hodgson, a gentleman caller nearly twice her age.”

149. “Can you be a nicer gentleman, or a better man for your sport or your kids than Joe Paterno?”

150. “I have known Tavis Smiley since the 1980s, when we both worked at the same radio station in Los Angeles. He is smart, and he is a gentleman who has accorded me great respect both on and off the air.”

151. “I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned.”

152. “At a party in L.A., I met this middle-aged gentleman who I was talking to for ages when I asked, 'So, what do you do?' Turns out I was speaking to legendary music producer Quincy Jones, who worked on Michael Jackson's hits. And there was little old me rattling on - I was so embarrassed.”

153. “Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.”

154. “I always knew I wanted to play golf and go to college. I try hard to be a positive role model, especially on the golf course. I try to carry myself well, and don't do anything outrageous. I try to play the game like a gentleman and give everyone respect. That's how the game should be played.”

155. “The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility.”

156. “I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.”

157. “I'm an amazing cook. And I'm a gentleman but can belch the entire alphabet. Classy.”

158. “In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.”

159. “Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.”

160. “My father… gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.”

161. “Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.”

162. “I wasn't close to my father, but I wanted to be all my life. He had a funny sense of humor, and he laughed all the time - good and loud, like I do. He was a gay Irish gentleman and very good-looking. And he wanted to be close to me, too, but we never had much time together.”

163. “Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? … Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.”

164. “I had dreams of becoming an officer and a gentleman. But hey: One out of two ain't bad.”

165. “My grandfather played a big part in raising me, and he taught me how to be a gentleman. Since he first told me those types of things when I was 13 years old, I've taken all those types of lessons from him to heart. I'd like to keep that with me.”

166. “The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting South America, that little gentleman is the president of all the history of the United States, and in the history of the United States, he has the lowest level of approval in his own country.”

167. “I get very annoyed when people think I'm nice or diffident or a polite English gentleman. I'm a nasty piece of work, and people should know that.”

168. “At one point, some years ago, a nice gentleman had it in mind to do 'Outlander' the musical. His idea was to start with a CD of what you call a song cycle, with a dozen high points of the projected show. It turned out very well, though we had to stop doing it when the TV show came along.”

169. “I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments.”

170. “The nameless loser in Jay McInerney's 'Bright Lights, Big City' is going to the dogs like a gentleman. He is too smart to blame anyone for the impasse he has come to, hip enough to know he does not know enough, too sophisticated to masquerade as an anti-hero.”

171. “I have had the same person show up in a few cities with flowers. A lovely gentleman who gave me a picture of himself. I came home, gave it to Ian, and said, 'If I go missing, here's the guy.'”

172. “A seersucker suit is one of the most iconic styles dating from the 1920s and is still a gentleman's best bet when it's hot and sticky.”

173. “Every man's closet must contain a trench coat. It's hard for any gentleman not to look dashing when clad in this swashbuckling style.”

174. “Every well-dressed gentleman must have an all-cotton oxford cloth button-down shirt from Brooks Brothers.”

175. “There are a few things a true gentleman cannot live without. The black silk knitted square-bottom tie is just such an indispensable item. No true gentlemen would be without one.”

176. “Ottmar is a big coach and a good gentleman. I don't know if I'm a young Schweinsteiger; I'm another player. I am Granit Xhaka.”

177. “At one point, some years ago, a nice gentleman had it in mind to do 'Outlander The Musical.'”

178. “When I visited Moscow for the first time in 1998, I wandered into the historic Metropol Hotel as a curious tourist simply to ogle the giant painted glass ceiling that hangs over the grand restaurant off the lobby. It was the memory of that short visit that prompted me, some years later, to set 'A Gentleman in Moscow' in the hotel.”

179. “Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.”

180. “There's no one beating Mr. Bachchan when it comes to acting. He is outstanding. He is a phenomenal actor and a thorough gentleman. His natural skills at acting just bowled me over, and I've become an even bigger fan of his after working with him.”

181. “Shah Rukh Khan is such a gentleman that he doesn't intimidate anyone. He is nothing but sweet to everyone, and he has been absolutely amazing to me.”

182. “Picking up 'A Gentleman' was pretty easy. It had everything that I like watching in a film. And it has everything that audiences like to see me doing.”

183. “In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman. I feel like my behavior goes over better on the streets of New York.”

184. “As a woman, first of all, let me say this: I know Donald Trump for 30 years. We socialized with him. I have been involved in a million situations with him and his children. He has always been a gentleman.”

185. “I always wanted to play a dapper gentleman, and I also always wanted to play my mum.”

186. “I was very much a part of the civil rights era, so, of course, my fantasy was to marry some outstanding black gentleman, a leader - someone like Martin Luther King who was doing something for black people.”

187. “Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.”

188. “I would love, love, love to do a comedy like 'Gentleman's Guide,' something farcical and fast-paced, but I also want to do something that hasn't been written yet: the story of Sidney Poitier. A lot of people tell me that I look like him.”

189. “I got into college, and a gentleman gave me a ride in a plane, and he flipped it upside down so we're inverted flying, like it was nothing, and from that moment forward, I fell in love with it. I said, 'I've got to learn this; I've got to do this.'”

190. “George III's ability to step in and out of his role fed stories of commoners chancing upon a sturdy gentleman by the wayside who later turned out to be the king.”

191. “I had a gentleman steal or 'misplace' - I guess I should say 'allegedly' - a lot of money from me. It didn't make any sense when it was happening, because I just didn't understand why I didn't have any money. I was a perfect mark because I had all of this shame and insecurity about money.”

192. “I have respect for Chisora as a fighter but not as a human. He set a bad example for boxing and all fighters. He came from Great Britain, but he is not a gentleman.”

193. “When I worked as an assistant director in 2007, Indraganti Mohan Krishna offered me a lead role. Now, the same director has made me a villain in 'Gentleman.'”

194. “Usually, I don't revisit a scene once shot. However, in 'Gentleman,' every morning on the sets, I had to revisit the last four scenes and then shoot for the next set of scenes.”

195. “It's easy to play a character who is suffering with a disease or has a psychological problem. 'Gentleman' is completely opposite. There are both positives and negatives in the role, and it is the most challenging role I have done so far.”

196. “I think the boxing game is supposed to be a gentleman's sport.”

197. “For me, the best thing you can do as a man in loving someone is to do your best, go on that walk, and at the end of that walk be as much of a gentleman as you were in the beginning.”

198. “Hatton don't look much like a guy who thinks about commas. But he is a gentleman. His family are gentlemanly. Real classy people.”

199. “For a brief period, I had a gentleman's farm in Pennsylvania, but even then, I kept a place in New York.”

200. “If there was such a thing as a typical English gentleman in rock music, then it was Jon Lord.”

201. “I've become close with Masoud Esmaeilpour and consider him a friend. We send each other messages from time to time on Instagram, checking in to see how the other is doing. Whenever I see him, he's always a gentleman, giving me tips about my next opponent. There is a tremendous amount of respect in our friendship.”

202. “My father is somebody I admire and would like to be. He is a mild man and a gentleman. Even though he was from a conservative background, he was so open to my doing theatre.”

203. “You have to be a low-class scumbag to start calling a woman a name. If you're a man, you should never. You should be a gentleman.”

204. “I have met Sunil Dutt-ji two or three times and though I don't have a special memory of these meetings, I know that he was a gentleman and a fantastic human being.”

205. “Rick was a real gentleman. He was very kind and had an amazing sense of humour - he was the funny one in the group, and a very talented musician.”

206. “I'm not a gentleman and I'm not a scientist.”

207. “My dad was a proper old English gentleman, even though he was from the Caribbean. He used to stand up and salute during the Queen's Christmas speech.”

208. “Not many know but I did maximum films with Sunil Dutt, who was a thorough gentleman and enthusiastic about everything. He loved making tea for everybody on the sets and that is how I formed habit of having four to five cups of tea in a day.”

209. “Golf's a gentleman's game. So it's all about integrity and you cheer on other people, and it's kind of different from other sports where you just want to beat everyone.”

210. “One time, a hedge fund gentleman in Connecticut brought in a bunch of professional wrestlers and myself at a very hefty price for his son's 11th birthday.”

211. “A gentleman pays his debt within a week or two.”

212. “I'm a Republican but I have a lot of respect for Byron Brown. He's a gentleman. He's bright, engaging, community-focused, and resourceful.”

213. “Not only did I not like officiating his games, I was afraid at times he was going to knock my block off… there was nothing you could do to get the guy on your side… with saying that, I've talked to Rasheed Wallace in the last couple of years and he's nothing but a complete gentleman off the floor.”

214. “A lot of people went to posh universities, but I left at 17 to work for three years at Frank Newton's Gentleman's Outfitters in Shrewsbury, where I gained a professional qualification in how to measure a suit.”

215. “Outside cricket, I idolise Roger Federer and in the gentleman's game, I look up to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Not only were they great players, but the way they conducted themselves off the field evoked respect.”

216. “Sangakkara was a force and an absolute gentleman of the game.”

217. “To a certain extent, I can say I owe my career to Dara Singh because after doing films with him, I started getting good offers. I have very high regards for him. As a person, he was very protective about me and used to take care of me on the sets. He was very soft-spoken and a fine gentleman. He was disciplined and punctual.”

218. “I'll always remember Vinod Khanna as a thorough gentleman, cultured, polite, who knew how to conduct himself with the ladies.”

219. “I knew a gentleman who was 65 who had a consulting firm outside of Kansas City, Mo. I convinced him to sell me the business, which did auditing and reviewing of freight bill charges, for nothing down. It was a step out of working in this bureaucratic setting of corporate America and going out on my own in 1984.”

220. “Shah Rukh is an amazing person. I really adore him. He's such a thorough gentleman.”

221. “Mr. Bachchan is too used to getting things done his way. I had always thought of him as an elegant, articulate, sophisticated, refined gentleman. What a let-down he was! What a shame!”

222. “If anybody will ask about my ex, or exes, I will just smile. I'll never say anything negative because I think that's what being a gentleman is.”

223. “I can't speak highly enough of Petr Cech. He's set the standards of what it is to be a proper man and a gentleman.”

224. “I found Hugh Hefner to be a charming gentleman.”

225. “He was a wonderful gentleman, elegant, with great humility. All the wonderful things you can say about a person, you have to say about Fred Astaire.”

226. “Vishal is a gentleman. I really enjoyed working with him on the sets. But he keeps pulling everybody's leg!”

227. “What makes golf unique is that it's up to the integrity of each person to determine whether they want to apply the rules as they're meant, and that's why golf has always been known as the gentleman's game.”

228. “I know that Thierry loves Arsenal, he loves them. He is a gentleman and a very serious guy, and a very responsible guy.”

229. “Shah Rukh is a thorough gentleman.”

230. “Tiger is a funny guy. I want to beat him as badly as anybody else but I respect him. He has been very cordial, very nice to me - a gentleman.”

231. “I learned a lot from Ajith sir. He is always humble and a thorough gentleman. Working with him is definitely an experience I'll never forget.”

232. “Boxing is a gentleman's sport.”