Sir Quotes

841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone. — Ambrose Bierce
I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir. — Fawn Hall
Take time to pray and listen to God...say, 'Sir, what should I say at this moment? What should I do? My ears are open and… — Kenneth Copeland
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course,… — Ian Mckellen
You may find another Beckham or Ronaldo, but never ever will you find another Sir Alex Ferguson. — Eric Cantona
I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would mean. Would it mean any alterations of one's lifestyle? Or,… — Derek Jacobi
I didn't know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother's going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way… — James Dean
I started being interested in acting when I heard the voices of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud and Sir Alec Guinness. Ive had… — Kenneth Branagh
The great Sir Isaac Newton, He once made a valid proclamation, That the forces equal to a nominated mass, when multiplied by acceleration That was… — Richard Digance
Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there is nothing wrong… — Samuel Johnson
While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does. — A. R. Rahman
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of… — Caleb Cushing
Sir, what is poetry? Why, Sir, it is much easier to say what it is not. We all know what light is; but it is… — Samuel Johnson
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? — Izaak Walton
If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our… — Samuel Johnson
With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise… — George Bernard Shaw
A pedestrian seems in this country to be a sort of beast of passage - stared at, pitied, suspected and shunned by everyone who meets… — Karl Philipp Moritz
My part had three lines. I said, You look wonderful, sir, three times. All my friends said, Do not take that role - and do… — Jeffrey Tambor
Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and wouldn't know what… — Dorothy Dunnett
Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not break the heart if God said to us, It is true, my son, that your breath… — C.S. Lewis
Then he looked by him, and was ware of a damsel that came riding as fast as her horse might gallop upon a fair palfrey.… — Thomas Malory
Sir, I would trust you with my heart. Moreover, we have left our bodies in the banqueting hall. Those on the turf are the shadows… — Virginia Woolf
Sir, are you trying to offer me a bribe? How much — Groucho Marx
I do not see, Sir, that it is reasonable for a man to be angry at another, whom a woman has preferred to him; but… — Samuel Johnson
A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days. — Aphra Behn

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