Top 100 Quotes About Sir
#1. Oh, yes, Sir," she breathed, and with that one word - Sir - the mood shifted from friends or even lovers to something deeper, something better. Slipping
Claire Thompson
#2. If you think that, then you, sir, are just as unacquainted with my sort of tenacity. I'd sooner let rats crawl out of my ass."
"Actually, maybe I'll stay," Enosh said. "That might prove amusing.
K.S. Villoso
#3. When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#4. Doors and corners are always dangerous, because you're moving into something without being sure what's there. By the time you see the enemy, you're exposed to them." "Sir?" Havelock
James S.A. Corey
#5. Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.
Luigi Pirandello
#6. I speak of knowledge, sir, which is not the bed-equal of learning ... I speak of what comes from learning. I speak of understanding.
Sally O'Reilly
#7. my dear Sir Thomas!" interrupted Mrs. Norris,
Jane Austen
#8. Bailey, where's your hat?"
"In my pocket, sir!"
"Why isn't it on your head?"
"Because I can't get my head in my pocket, sir!
Robyn Carr
#9. [A formula for answering controversial letters
without even reading the letters:] Dear Sir (or Madame): You may be right.
H.L. Mencken
#10. I'm sorry, but I stand by my decision. I am now a member of the elite club of people that have fought a professional team mascot. You sir, are not in that club.
Tucker Max
#11. I think I got a rock in mine, 'stead of bacon."
"Heh. Well, that's life for you. Sometimes you get bacon. Sometimes you get a rock. My advice to you, sir, is to eat what you can, spit out what you cain't.
Rob Vollmar
#12. Do you think that's a good idea, sir?'
'Yes, sergeant, I do. It was one of mine.
Terry Pratchett
#13. Where you'd be wearing out the knees of your trousers, sir, they just have to go ahead and wear out their knees!
Barbara Kingsolver
#14. Those who hate or disrespect Sir Alex Ferguson , its only because he snatched away their dreams of winning.
Eric Cantona
#15. Quatermain (while climbing down): We are above an abyss such as satan's own, Miss Murray.Pray not to look down.
Mina: And you, Sir, should not look up.You have me at a disadvantage and I trust you'll not misuse our situation.
Alan Moore
#16. Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; -from fear of its being abused.
Samuel Johnson
#17. Sergeant Major," Arjun said quietly, "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Yur snorted. "Is that a fancy way of saying it's above my pay grade, sir?
Neal Stephenson
#18. But perhaps I'd also pray that somehow I could convince Sir Derrick to fight to win my heart.
Jody Hedlund
#19. Me, sir! What has it to do with me? You can hardly imagine that I and Lord Bracknell would dream of allowing our only daughter - a girl brought up with the utmost care - to marry into a cloak-room, and form an alliance with a parcel? Good morning, Mr. Worthing!
Oscar Wilde
#20. No way. I know acid, I've been splashed by acid several times before, and this, sir, is no acid.
Rich Burlew
#21. I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words
Alfred De Vigny
#22. There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and bigamy, sir, is a crime!'
William Cosmo Monkhouse
#23. As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.
Richard A. Proctor
#24. Love may be the one thing in this world today that is not mad, sir. For, what could be more sane than to risk dying for what we can't live without?
Jeffrey Perren
#25. Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir.
P.G. Wodehouse
#26. And yet self-knowledge is thought by some not so easy. Who knows, my dear sir, but for a time you may have taken yourself for somebody else? Stranger things have happened.
Herman Melville
#27. I perceive , Sir , you are one of those who love an authority more than a reason
Thomas Love Peacock
#29. I don't think I know your name.'
'Yes, yes my dear sir and I do know your name Mr. Bilbo Baggins. And you do know my name, though you don't remember that I belong to it. I am Gandalf, and Gandalf means me.
J.R.R. Tolkien
#30. Lay hand upon me again, sir, and I'll feed your jewels to the fucking drakes.
Jay Kristoff
#31. Why do women have to be so complicated, Wellborn?" he grumbled. The butler shook his head, a hint of a smile lighting his eyes. "I suppose God wanted to ensure we never grew bored, sir.
Karen Witemeyer
#32. And, sir, when we think of eternity, and of the future consequences of all human conduct, what is there in this life that should make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God?.
William Wilberforce
#33. And there encountered with him all at once Sir Bors, Sir Ector, and Sir Lionel, and they three smote him at once with their spears, and with force of themselves they smote Sir Lancelot's horse reverse to the earth. And by misfortune Sir Bors smote Sir Lancelot through the shield into the side ...
Thomas Malory
#34. Mrs. Maxie wondered whether anyone could be as stupid as Sir Reynold appeared to be
P.D. James
#35. Your Highness," he greeted.
"It's 'Royal Pain in the Ass' to you, sir.
Kiera Cass
#36. Sometimes there is no hope," whispered Das.
"There's always some hope, Mr. Das."
"No, Mr. Luczak, there is not. Sometimes there is only pain. And acquiescence to pain. And, perhaps, defiance at the world which demands such pain."
"Defiance is a form of hope, is it not, sir?
Dan Simmons
#37. Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
William Makepeace Thackeray
#39. A letter today from a Mrs Gladys Freeman, 45 Sebastopol Terrace, Blackpool. 'Sir, reference the room you had here during the party conference season. Well, we know what it is. We know who done it. But for heaven's sake tell us where it is!
Tony Benn
#40. You are so young, so much before all beginning, and I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.
Rainer Maria Rilke
#41. How condescending, how splendidly democratic of Sir Lancelot, to laugh, as if he were an ordinary man! Perhaps he eats and drinks as well, or even sleeps at night.
T.H. White
#42. Horny asshole? He's not the one leaving here with Truckstop Barbie. That would be you, sir, and you don't even know me, so I don't see why you should mind where I choose to direct my romantic affections. Her
Lauren Gilley
#43. I tried eating vegetarian. I felt like a wimp going into a restaurant. "What do you want to eat sir? Broccoli?" Broccoli's a side dish, folks. Always was, always will be, OK! When they ask me what I want, I say: What do you think I want? This is America. I want a bowl of raw red meat right now.
Denis Leary
#45. Sir,' she called out. 'Lord Bradford.'
He turned. His eyes lit up, seeing Azalea.
'Thank you,' said Azalea.
Lord Bradford bowed deeply, removing his hat, which re-rumpled his hair. When he straightened, he was smiling, as crooked as his cravat, and Azalea couldn't help but smile back.
Heather Dixon
#46. Taboo was kind of celebrating trash, the kind of records you secretly loved, like Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara [laughs] - things that you probably shouldn't like.
Boy George
#47. Thank you, sir. But, uh, can you tell me where the First New York Regiment is?
Allan Zullo
#48. Michael Owen could be Sir Alex's best ever buy, even though he didn't buy him
Glenn Hoddle
#49. The principles upon which a safety lamp might be constructed I stated to several persons long before Sir Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country.
George Stephenson
#50. This was weird, civilized. Yes, I've come to rob you, sir. / How delightful; won't you have some tea before you do?
Kim Harrison
#51. How many words are you having trouble with, sir?"
"Just the ones that I've highlighted."
"I count at least a dozen, and I haven't gotten out of the first paragraph."
"That's as far as I got, too. I'm not sure you and I speak the same language.
Howard Tayler
#52. You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.
P.G. Wodehouse
#53. My wits supply, sir, what my sword cannot always command.
Emmuska Orczy
#54. I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.
Charles Lamb
#55. This place has only three exits, sir: Madness, and Death.
Rene Daumal
#56. Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent should suffer. - Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1766)
Anonymous
#57. But she's only a woman!" The watch captain shook his head again. "So was Helen of Troy, sir. Look what she started.
Ruth Downie
#58. Sir William had only stayed in our company for two nights before leaving during a spectacularly blustery storm. As I watched him leave I evilly hoped that the wind would blow him straight off his horse.
M.L. LeGette
#59. Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.
Arthur Conan Doyle
#60. Ms. Kendrick, are you listening to me?" Headmaster Raleigh asked. Not in the least. "Yes, sir." The sir seemed to appease him somewhat.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
#61. She lied, sir. She has always lied. I don't think she ever spoke a word of truth. But when she spoke, I believed her.
Prosper Merimee
#62. There is a maiden in distress, sir; we have no time for trivialities such as the lack of experience.
Nicole Sager
#63. You think my gait 'spasmodic' - I am in danger - Sir - You think me 'uncontrolled' - I have no Tribunal.
Emily Dickinson
#64. It's political, sir. Apparently he wants a return to the values and traditions that made the city great, sir."
"Does he _know_ what those values and traditions _were_?" said Vimes, aghast.
Terry Pratchett
#65. What were you tring to do, soldier?
I was trying to eat, sir!
And what happened?
I got caught thinking about some crap, sir!
What kind of crap?
How I want to live less than my parent's dog.
Ned Vizzini
#66. No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.
James Boswell
#67. Indeed, he married her for love. A whisper still goes about, that she had not even family; howbeit, Sir Leicester had so much family that perhaps he had enough, and could dispense with any more.
Charles Dickens
#68. No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown the fire, that one wonders he is not by this time become a cinder.
Samuel Johnson
#69. Phelps, I want you to find Sir Dominic Hunter. I don't care if you have to drag him out of his damn office in Whitehall or from the deepest pits of hell, but do not come back here without him.
Vanessa Kelly
#70. Ven you read the speeches in the papers, and see as vun gen'lman says of another, 'the Honourable member, if he vill allow me to call him so' you vill understand, sir, that that means, 'if he vill allow me to keep up that 'ere pleasant and uniwersal fiction.'
Charles Dickens
#71. 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, it's how you finish it sir. A lot of people can, you know, start the date with flowers and candy, but if you don't finish the date - you know what I mean?
Shaquille O'Neal
#72. I'm minding my own business, sir! How many people do you think actually do that by choice? Does it bother you? Of course it bothers you. A clear conscience is always supposed to bother a cripple-minded idiot like you
Ernest Hemingway,
#74. No, sir. Go to hell sir. It's the best I can do for you sir.
Jack London
#75. I pretended I was a Kez colonel pretending to be an Adran colonel," Olem said. "It was disturbingly easy."
"They didn't ask for papers or proof?"
"In this rain?" Olem gestured at the downpour. "You don't understand an enlisted man, sir. Nobody asks for bloody papers in this kind of weather.
Brian McClellan
#76. What I thought we might have a conversation about, is basically I do math, sir, not clandestine operations that severely deplete my mental resources.
Suzanne Stroh
#78. Do they allow tipping on the boat? - Yes, sir. Have you got two fives? - Oh, yes, sir. Then you won't need the ten cents I was going to give you.
Groucho Marx
#79. Chase's ability to adjust his manner of leadership to the needs of his men begs comparison to one of the greatest and most revered leaders of all time, Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Nathaniel Philbrick
#80. Protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!
Allan Rock
#81. There you are, sir. There's nothing more than to love and be loved.
Sebastian Faulks
#82. Her anger was rekindled.
'You see, I keep it to myself, but, oh! it's more than I can stand. Don't say anything, sir; don't say anything , or I'll explode!'
He said nothing, and she exploded all the same.
Emile Zola
#83. Nothing has shown more fully the prodigious ignorance of human ideas and their littleness, than the discovery of [Sir William] Herschell, that what used to be called the Milky Way is a portion of perhaps an infinite multitude of worlds!
Horace Walpole
#84. I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!
Lemony Snicket
#85. Thank you, sir. Thus far the highlight of my stay has been making love to you.
Mr. Nobley bowed in acknowledgment. The conversation completely quieted.
Shannon Hale
#86. But the curator said nothing mattered so long as it looked all right to the ignorant." [Lady Brace]
"Sort of government motto. I see." [Sir Henry Merrivale]
Carter Dickson
#87. What do you suppose it means, Hudson, when I dream of a beautiful blond lady and awaken to find a long blond hair in my bed?" Hudson chuckled. "My goodness, sir. What vivid dreams you must have!" "You have no idea.
Julie Klassen
#88. I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
Fawn Hall
#89. He is not a man that is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him." STAMFORD, DESCRIBING SHERLOCK HOLMES TO DR. WATSON, IN SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, A STUDY IN SCARLET
Adam S. McHugh
#90. Or, as Jackson would have said: The people, sir-the people will set things right.
Jon Meacham
#91. Are you going to argue with me?"
Beatrix tried to sound meek. "No, sir."
A slow smile crossed his face. "That was the worst attempt at obedience I've ever seen.
Lisa Kleypas
#92. Polonius: My lord, I will take my leave of you.
Hamlet: You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal ...
William Shakespeare
#93. And, Mr. Speaker, if the Governor and Council don't see fit to fall in with us, I say let the general duty law, and all, go to the devil, sir, and go about our business.
Christopher Gadsden
#94. Sir Pherozeshah had seemed to me like the Himalaya, the Lokamanya like the ocean. But Gokhale was as the Ganges.
Mahatma Gandhi
#95. I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.
Jean Giraudoux
#96. I should mortify a dozen Sir Johns if it might aid my investigation." - Elizabeth Bennet
Debbie Cowens
#97. Mr. Rochester : Your gaze is very direct, Miss Eyre. Do you think me handsome?
Jane Eyre: No, sir.
Charlotte Bronte
#98. I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown ... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.
Harper Lee
#99. Sir 19:25 And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
Various
#100. Sir, I don't know if these are safe. There is a warning about toxic shock syndrome. These things can kill!" Keelan dropped the box he held and wiped his hands on his pants. The other men immediately dropped the boxes they had been holding.
Alanea Alder
