Rudy Vallee famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Chivalry is not only dead, itâ€™s decomposed.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Chivalry
That's one of the tragedies of this life-that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Men #Tragedy #Needs
To me, the capacity to earn money has never been a measurement of success. It is my belief that people must develop a philosophy early in life which permits them to have as much pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction now as is possible without injuring themselves or others. Money can help to do this, but it is not and must not become the sole aim of a person's existence. We all know what happened to King Midas.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Success #Kings #Philosophy
The sweetest things in life to you were just loaned, so how can you lose what you've never owned.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Philosophy #Sweetest
I hope always to be busy, even if only directing an orchestra in the pit. However, I should prefer to produce movies or be the directing head of a radio corporation.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Orchestra #Radio #Corporations
Chivalry is not only dead, it’s decomposed.
-- Rudy Vallee

#Palm Beach #Chivalry

It's odd that men feel they must protect women, since for the most part they must be protected from men.
It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.
Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
Chivalry should be consensual.
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry, Henry VIII, Merry England, the Blitz
For me chivalry isn't dead; it's an involuntary reflex.
A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.
The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.
There's no chivalry in culture any more. Sometimes you meet someone who everyone says is polite and you're like, 'Wow,' but then it's like, 'Hang on, isn't everyone supposed to be polite?'

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