Diana Rigg Quotes

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.

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

Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.

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.

Good manners spring from just one thing - kind impulses.

Let him treat you like a lady and open the car door for you. If he doesn't automatically open the door for you, stand by the darn thing and don't get into the vehicle until he realises he needs to get hid behind out of the driver's seat and come round and open the car door for you. That's his job!

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

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.

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.

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

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?'

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

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.

I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.'

I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

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.

I would never disrespect anyone.

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.

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.

I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be friendly and say 'please' and 'thank you.' I try and remember it and use it.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.