Sir Quotes
841 Sir quotes by 498 unique authors
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I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane. It never is, sir. Lane, you're a perfect pessimist. I do my best to give satisfaction,…
— Oscar Wilde
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Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.
— Daniel Handler
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He knows no other way but ugliness,” Sir Topher said quietly. “He was taught no other lessons but those of force. His teachers have been…
— Melina Marchetta
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I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.
— Orson Scott Card
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Conflict resolution,' said Nightingale. 'Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?' 'Yes, sir,' I said. 'But don't worry, they also teach us how…
— Ben Aaronovitch
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Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.
— Douglas Adams
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Then it is better, sir, to love whom one cannot have?" "Probably better," Lancelot said. "Certainly safer.
— John Steinbeck
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I am no coward sir! I shall stand and fight!" "Well, I am," said Sal. "So can we go... please?
— Alex Scarrow
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I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it." "What does come of…
— Georgette Heyer
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You don't need to diet, She-Body. You are a just-right female." "McNab?" Eve said. "Yes, sir." "Shut up." "It's all right, Dallas. We're a couple."…
— Nora Roberts
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Why did I follow her? If you must know, Sir, it was easy. Pound for pound, Puss-in-Boots was the best commander I ever served under.
— L.A. Meyer
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Shakespeare put no children in his plays for a reason," Sir Godfrey muttered, glaring at Alf and Binnie. "You're forgetting the Little Prince," Polly reminded…
— Connie Willis
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What would a Frey know of honor? - Sir Davos Seaworth
— George R. R. Martin
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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it." She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
— Tamora Pierce
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What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot de Lac to the Keep of Ganleon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at…
— Roger Zelazny
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Sir. My lord. Master Roydon." The young man blurted out most available titles except for "Your Majesty" and "Prince of Darkness." These were implied nonetheless.
— Deborah Harkness
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Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.
— Jules Verne
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And don’t you say that it is very kind and obliging of him, sir, like Jessamy, because if you don’t like a person, you don’t…
— Georgette Heyer
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So proper for a circus girl," Mme. Padva says with with a gleam in her eye. "We shall have to loosen those corset laces if…
— Erin Morgenstern
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That hat looks ridiculous.” “Fortunately, I can change hats,” Wayne said, “while you, sir, are stuck with that face.
— Brandon Sanderson
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What wasdat, sir? What wazzat sir? What wassat, sir?” “Wayne, what are you babbling about?” Waxillium asked. “Practicing my pretzel guy,” Wayne said. “He had…
— Brandon Sanderson
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I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.
— Terry Pratchett
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Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this…
— Terry Pratchett
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