Sir Quotes

841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors

Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force. — Gregory Maguire
I lost a world the other day. Has anybody found? You'll know it by the rows of stars around it's forehead bound. A rich man… — Emily Dickinson
You ARE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'Yeah,' said Zaphod, 'but don't shout it out or they'll all want one.' 'THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'No, just A Zaphod Beeblebrox,… — Douglas Adams
Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse. — P.G. Wodehouse
I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see. — Lewis Carroll
She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a whir-stir-get-lost-sir bundla dynamite! — Salman Rushdie
Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. — William Shakespeare
The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child… — T.H. White
I need those nukes, the chief said. I need them, I need them right now. I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather… — Dean Koontz
All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from… — Charlotte Bronte
Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. — George Bernard Shaw
I do try to say, God’s will be done, sir,” said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time, and speaking with… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Don't be sorry, my dear sir, for nothing could upset me today! Rejoice, for You-Know-Who is gone at last! Even muggles like yourself should be… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension,… — Alfred Bester
You just put that sword away, sir, please," said the voice of Lance-Constable Vimes. "You will not shoot me, you young idiot. That would be… — Terry Pratchett
These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk… — Aravind Adiga
You'll find another.' God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'?… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me,… — Umberto Eco
Welcome, Prince,' said Aslan. 'Do you feel yourself sufficient to take up the Kingship of Narnia?' I - I don't think I do, Sir,' said… — C.S. Lewis
Are you all right, Sir?" asked Hezekiah. "Just fighting over old battles in my mind," said John. "It's the problem with age. You have all… — Orson Scott Card
[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Wolfe was drinking beer and looking at pictures of snowflakes in a book someone had sent him from Czechoslovakia... ...Wolfe seemed absorbed in the pictures.… — Rex Stout
Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no… — Aravind Adiga
Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT." Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them. — Terry Pratchett
Who ARE You?" This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, I--I hardly know, sir, just at present-- at least… — Lewis Carroll

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