Tony Bennett Quotes

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

Courtesy is a lady's armor.

I'm 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.

There's no excuse for rudeness.

A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.

In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

I would never disrespect anyone.

Civility is not simply about manners.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

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

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.

I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk and dress the part.

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

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

Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Gentlemen don't do that.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.