Sir Quotes

841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors

A garden, sir, wherein all rainbows and flowers were heaped together. — Charles Kingsley
I hope you like Guiness, Sir. I find it a refreshing alternative to food. — Richard Dean Anderson
Sir Guy Campbell's classic account of the formation of the links, beginning with Genesis and moving step by step to the thrilling arrival of 'tilth'… — Alistair Cooke
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you… — Samuel Johnson
A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out. — William Shakespeare
High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own… — Samuel Johnson
The child's conquest of independence begins with his first introduction to life. While he is developing, he perfects himself and overcomes every obstacle that he… — Maria Montessori
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been… — Alan Dean Foster
My breakthrough as a reader was when I discovered the European adventure story writers - Alexander Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, to name… — Terry Brooks
I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs. — Jonathan Swift
God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I? — Samuel Johnson
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable… — Ronald Knox
Do they think that I am such a damned fool as to think myself fit for President of the United States? No, sir; I know… — Andrew Jackson
If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you! — Winston Churchill
Sir Hiram Maxim is a genuine and typical example of the man of science, romantic, excitable, full of real but somewhat obvious poetry, a little… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Science, by itself, cannot supply us with an ethic. It can show us how to achieve a given end, and it may show us that… — Bertrand Russell
Mr Hooke sent, in his next letter [to Sir Isaac Newton] the whole of his Hypothesis, scil that the gravitation was reciprocall to the square… — John Aubrey
Sir Arthur Eddington deduces religion from the fact that atoms do not obey the laws of mathematics. Sir James Jeans deduces it from the fact… — Bertrand Russell
Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
For the pre-Darwinian age had come to be regarded as a Dark Age in which men still believed that the book of Genesis was a… — George Bernard Shaw
You must not talk about 'ain't and can't' when you speak of this great wonderful world round you, of which the wisest man knows only… — Charles Kingsley
Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both. — Samuel Johnson
Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple,… — Abraham Lincoln
But whatever be their degree of talent it is no measure of their rights. Because Sir Isaac Newton was superior to others in understanding, he… — Thomas Jefferson
The tobacco business is a conspiracy against womanhood and manhood. It owes its origin to that scoundrel Sir Walter Raleigh, who was likewise the founder… — John Harvey Kellogg

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