John Selden Quotes

I'm a gentleman.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

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

Gentlemen don't do that.

Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a woman so she doesn't have to slide across the seat. And you should always go first into a revolving door so she doesn't have to push - unless it's moving, then let her go first.

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.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not part of conduct of a gallant or generous man to take up arms against a woman.

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

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.

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

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

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

I am at heart a gentleman.

I've met the Queen a couple of times, and she's been delightful. In fact, I often find myself thinking: 'What would the Queen do in this situation? Write a thank-you note? Yes, I'll do that.' She's all about courtesy.

I was always the Southern gentleman.

Girls really like for doors to be opened for them. Guys should really remember that.

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

I'm not old-fashioned when it comes to dating, but there's something nice about a guy pulling out a girl's chair and opening the door for her, even if it's just in the beginning.

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

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

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