Sir Quotes

841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors

Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir. — Aphra Behn
The Conservatives over the years have done a great deal, from Sir John A, to Diefenbaker, and others. — Brian Mulroney
Ecstatic over the total annihilation of the Earth, Dr. Strangelove "resurrects" himself, miraculously regaining his ability to walk. His mechanical, robot-like body rises out of… — Peter Sellers
The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of… — Philip Yancey
No sir. The first thing is character. — J. P. Morgan
I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. — William Shakespeare
Sir! Sir! I'm afraid your music is just too loud! — CM Punk
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the… — Caleb Cushing
I recall this passage as the hour of its first fully coming over me that she was a beautiful liberal creature. I had seen her… — Henry James
I have an unconscious burglar living in my mind: If I read something, it's mine. I can read Middle English stories, Geoffrey Chaucer or Sir… — David Eddings
Men and women make their own beauty or their own ugliness. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton speaks in one of his novels of a man "who… — Alexander Smith
You have no idea, sir, how difficult it is to be the victim of benevolence. — Zora Neale Hurston
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You… — Samuel Johnson
Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
Once Confucius was walking on the mountains and he came across a woman weeping by a grave. He asked the woman what here sorrow was,… — Lin Yutang
If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at… — George Mikes
People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other… — Ed Begley, Jr.
My favorite actor is Sir Ben Kingsley - nobody is as good as him, in my opinion. I think he's so good as an artist. — Josh Peck
I would love to work with Sir Anthony Hopkins. How and why that would happen in a comedy I'm not sure - why he would… — Eugene Levy
The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of… — Howard Wilkinson
You know the stories of a woman saying to Churchill, 'Sir, you're drunk,' and he said to her, 'And you're ugly, but in the morning… — Thomas Howes
No sooner than I had begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it.… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Said to have been written as a schoolboy during a chemistry… — E. C. Bentley
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it. — Camille Claudel
This is the patent-age of new inventions For killing bodies, and for saving souls, All propagated with the best intentions; Sir Humphrey Davy's lantern, by… — Lord Byron

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