Letitia Baldrige Quotes

When going out on a date, I think there are certain old-fashioned manners that I still enjoy. I don't mean that as an anti-feminist comment. I just mean it as a pro-women comment. There must be a place for us to exist and our differences to exist without one taking away from the other.

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

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex.

In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for that man to give her his job.

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.

My sisters and mom raised me to respect women and open doors for them.

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can do any job I want - but I think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

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

Gentlemen don't do that.

… with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half.

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.

I'd never disrespect women. I have been brought up to treat women with courtesy and dignity.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.

A good man never fights with a woman.

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.

I think I tend to try to let a woman walk through a door first, and I walk on the outside on the street. But that's probably because I'm an ancient creature.

I've twice run against women opponents, and it's a very different kind of approach. For those of us who have some chivalry left, there's a level of respect... You treat some things as a special treasure; you treat other things as common.

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

When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

I've always treated women well.

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.

A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.

I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.