Henry David Thoreau Quotes

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

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.

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

I think that being a gentleman is what matters; taking them out to a nice dinner, open the doors, stuff like that.

Jean-Claude gave a low theatrical bow, never taking his eyes from her. "After you, my sweet. A lady should always walk before a gentleman, never behind.

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!

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

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.

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.

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.

Gentlemen don't do that.

I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end of the Second World War, most were directed at how to comport yourself in the presence of the ladies.

The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.

The chivalrous man who holds a door open or signals a woman to go ahead of him when he's driving is negotiating both status and connection.

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. Women who moan and carp about that sort of thing are stupid

Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.

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 true gentleman never leaves his lady.

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

I feel like men don't hold the door open as much.

I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If I sound old-fashioned, it's because I'm as old as I am! But it's just polite.