Sydney Biddle Barrows Quotes

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

Gentlemen don't do that.

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.

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.

People are pretty respectful for the most part.

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 treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.

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

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

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

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

Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

Never treat the audience disrespectfully.

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

In the contemporary world, we think of politeness as surface behavior, like frosting - it's sweet and attractive and finishes off the cake. But 19th century nobility and the enlightened thinkers and stoics before them viewed manners in a very different way. To them, manners are an outward expression of an inward struggle.

Politeness is the chief sign of culture.

Good manners are a sign of strength.

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.

I'm a gentleman, call me old fashioned if you want.

Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.