Meg Ryan Quotes

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.

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

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

I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

Gentlemen don't do that.

Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based.

A gallant man is above ill words.

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.

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.

That's something I learned from both my stepdad and my grandfather - that there is a thing called chivalry, and it doesn't have to die with the birth of the Internet. The way I see it, if you're asking a girl out on a date, it's only right to do it in a way that she can hear your voice.

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

I am at heart a gentleman.

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

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me.

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.

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise.

If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.

… 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.

One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.

I like good manners, old-fashioned courting, I like being wooed.

I always open doors for women. It's just good manners.