Sir Quotes

841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep… — Samuel Johnson
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art… — Samuel Johnson
In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me. — Ben Kingsley
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. — Abraham Lincoln
I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. — George Mason
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier,… — Helen Mirren
I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you start the date,… — Shaquille O'Neal
My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life. — Peter O'Toole
There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin man. Sir Isaac Newton… — Bertrand Russell
Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire! — Adam Sandler
If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir. — William Tecumseh Sherman
Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I… — Hunter S. Thompson
What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce. — Mark Twain
To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client. — John Updike
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. — Daniel Webster
Evelyn Waugh: How do you get your main pleasure in life, Sir William? Sir William Beveridge: I get mine trying to leave the world a… — Evelyn Waugh
Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as well in my… — William Shakespeare
But, indeed, words are very rascals, since bonds [vows] disgraced them." Viola: "Thy reason, man?" Feste: "Troth [Truthfully], sir, I can yield you none without… — William Shakespeare
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I've learned… — Anthony Burgess
Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous. — P.G. Wodehouse
Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly, — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? — William Shakespeare
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth -- that God governs… — Benjamin Franklin
I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want… — Terry Pratchett
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents. — Alexandre Dumas

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