In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day. — Joachim du Bellay
When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it. — Winston Churchill
Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without use of his armoury. Though I'm sure one would be quite sufficient. — Eoin Colfer
You're serving. You're not a servant. Serving is a supreme art. God is the first servant. God serves men but he's not a servant to men. - Eliseo Orefice — Roberto Benigni
The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. — Puzant Kevork Thomajan
Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown. — Gordon Lightfoot
A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. — Lana Turner
To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber. — Oliver Goldsmith
No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet. — G. W. F. Hegel
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. — Charles De Gaulle
A man who opens a door for a woman or gives up his seat for her-even offering to carry something! Those are country manners that never go out of style. — Andie MacDowell
A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can. — Mas Oyama
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall. — J. M. Barrie
Short Butler Quotes
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. — Clark Gable
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. — Marlon Brando
If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler. — Rob Kardashian
A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season. — Tom Brady
Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with L.E.P retrival team — Eoin Colfer
Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love. — Margaret Mitchell
McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate. — Spiro T. Agnew
Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler. — W. C. Fields
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse. — Mario Puzo
I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace. — Margaret Mitchell
Butler Image Quotes
Rhett Butler Quotes
Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief. — Margaret Mitchell
You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler — Margaret Mitchell
Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation. — Margaret Mitchell
Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler — Margaret Mitchell
Only interested in himself and profiting from the war as an unscrupulous entrepreneur, and not in being a patriot: "I believe in Rhett Butler. He's the only cause I know. The rest doesn't mean much to me." — Clark Gable
Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler. — Norma Shearer
You should be kissed and by someone who knows how. — Margaret Mitchell
Every man sees a little of himself in Rhett Butler. — Ted Turner
I was particularly stunned by the casting of Cruise, who is no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler. — Anne Rice
Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient. — Margaret Mitchell
Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself. — Judith Butler
Butler's interception comes off as a great play, which it really was, at the biggest time of the year. — Tom Brady
I was so raw I didn't know about the Lambeau Leap-a Packer player celebrates catching a touchdown by leaping into the stands. It was started by Leroy Butler years before and has been copied by players all over the league. Don't be fooled, though. The only legitimate Lambeau Leap is celebrated by a Packer at Lambeau Field. — Donald Driver
Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough. — Sayings
There were only two men on the planet better educated in the various martial arts than Butler, and he was related to one of them. The other lived on an island in the South China Sea, and spent his days meditating and beating up palm trees. You had to feel sorry for the B'wa Kell. — Eoin Colfer
Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues. — Craig Claiborne
I was never one of those girls who dreamt of Prince Charming. To piss off my mom, I would say, 'I'm never having kids and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid with cute butlers and dogs.' — Jessica Biel
I've been a huge Psychedelic Furs fan for a long time. I love Butler's paintings, too. I like all their songs. I'll even crank 'Pretty in Pink,' I don't care. — Sayings
If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it. — Margaret Mitchell
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband). — James Thurber
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). — James Thurber
The common error today is to bring God so close that we strip Him of His "godness." We think we have him figured out. So God becomes our pal, our buddy, our Divine Butler." from "Dug Down Deep — Joshua Harris
Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett') — Ezra Pound
During a mock battle attended by President Warren Harding in 1921, Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler exhumed the arm [of Stonewall Jackson; he didn't believe it was buried there] and reburied it in a metal box. — Tony Horwitz
Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging. — Jefferson Davis
I'd like to thank Sony for their gracious hospitality, and for not repeatedly punching me in the face. If I seem a little nervous, it's because Kevin Butler was introduced to me backstage as the VP of sharpening things. — Gabe Newell
My grandfather is the king, my Dad's the prince, I guess that makes me the butler. — Adam Petty
I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost. — Margaret Mitchell
I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.' — Jesse Ventura
It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I already optioned a book called The Personal History of Rachel DuPree. I also like The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill. And I love all of Octavia Butler's books. She's created some very complicated black heroines with a variety of belief systems. There are many great books out there, but those are a few of the ones that stand out. — Viola Davis
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility — Charles Caleb Colton
In Conclusion
Which quotation resonated with you best? Did you enjoy our collection of butler quotes? Or may be you have a slogan about butler to suggest. Let us know using our contact form.
Citation
Feel free to cite and use any of the quotes in this collection of butler quotations. For popular citation styles(APA, Chicago, MLA), please use this citation page.
