Ann Robinson Quotes

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

I think the director is becoming more important. To work under rushed conditions, you need to have an extremely professional director. If the director's good than the end result will be good.

You just couldn't be in George Romney's presence without some of his goodness and integrity wearing off on you.

I have been on the receiving end of many blessings in my life, few as great as having known George and Barbara Bush.

Courtesy is the politic witchery of great personages.

Go about absolutely incognito. You must ferret the people out of their hovels as I have done, look into their kettles, eat their bread, loll in their beds under pretense of resting yourself, but in fact to find out if they are soft. You will find a more sublime pleasure … when you shall be able to apply your knowledge to the softening of their beds and the throwing a morsel of meat into their kettles ….

The thing I most admire about Omar Bradley is his gentleness. He was never known to issue an order to anybody of any rank without saying "Please" first.

Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.

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 hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.

Southern hospitality, that's where I come from.

My dad, was the archetypal charming man. If I've inherited even a small bit of what he had that would be enough for me.

If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I'm your guy.

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

Conte is a good friend and is very charismatic.

Keanu has such generosity and intelligence, not to mention a warmth that I'm eager to tap into. We're all incredibly excited that he's agreed to help us bring 'To the Bone' to life.

Even if I’d been wide awake, I knew Dimitri would’ve taken my suitcase anyway. That’s how he was, a lost remnant of chivalry in the modern world, ever-ready to help others.

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.

I'm down for whatever. You just lead the way. We go to dinner you don't even look at me to pay

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of our acquaintance and familiarity; and, consequently, that which first opens the door for us to better ourselves by the example of others, if there be anything in the society worth notice

What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.

No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.

Charity in various guises is an intruder the poor see often; but courtesy and delicacy are visitants with which they are seldom honored.