Sir Quotes - page 6

[...]my memory is reasonably good-unlike yours, dear sir!” "Mine is erratic,” he said imperturbably. "I remember only what interests me. (Georgette Heyer)
Wartihog put up his hand. "What happens if we can't read, sir?" "No boasting, Wartihog!" boomed Gobber. "Get some idiot to read it for you. View quote
Cressida Cowell
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century. View quote
Alan Dean Foster
I've had to deal with everything but everyone has helped me, including Sir Alex Ferguson, to get through. George Best was a good friend of mine. We loved each other, we both knew where we were coming from. View quote
Paul Gascoigne
Sit down, Will. There's a good fellow,” he said. "Yes, sir,” replied Will, and Halt's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "He's never called me sir,” he said. "Probably trying to get on my good side,” Crowley replied. Halt nodded savagely. "Probably. View quote
John Flanagan
Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force. View quote
Gregory Maguire
McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time... View quote
Graham Chapman
Sir Beldevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt! Sir Beldevere: A newt? Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause]... I got better. Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway! View quote
Graham Chapman
Yes, sir. I'm a real Southern boy. I got a red neck, white socks, and Blue Ribbon beer. View quote
Billy Carter
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions. View quote
Caleb Cushing
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct. (Caleb Cushing)
When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene. View quote
Claire Forlani
Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and he loved actors. View quote
Derek Jacobi
I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would mean. Would it mean any alterations of one's lifestyle? Or, more than that, the way that people regarded you? The way they reacted to you if you had a Sir in front of your name? View quote
Derek Jacobi
The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game. View quote
Howard Wilkinson
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C. View quote
Ian Harding
I need to find a church on Sunday. I need to say 'please' and 'thank you,' 'yes sir' and 'no ma'am.' Do the little things because that's part of being an adult. View quote
Joe Nichols
That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity. View quote
Lester Maddox
But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. View quote
Patrick Stewart
Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian. View quote
Rachel Blanchard
Someone once accused me of being like Eliot Ness. I sad no sir, I'm not E.N., but I can promise you that I'm not Al Capone! (Robert Stack)
Telephone operators have called me sir since I was 6. View quote
Suzanne Pleshette
A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.' View quote
Tommy Cooper
How do you think those routines were accomplished? With mirrors?... Well, I thought I knew what concentrated work was before I met Fred, but he's the limit. Never satisfied until every detail is right, and he will not compromise. No sir! What's more, if he thinks of something better after you've finished a routine, you do it over. View quote
Fred Astaire
But Adrian did not hear him. I have mentioned that during dinner, preoccupied with his thoughts, he had bolted his food. Nature now took its toll. An acute spasm suddenly ran though him, and with a brief 'Ouch!' of pain he doubled up and began to walk round in circles. Sir Jasper clicked his tongue impatiently. "This is no time for doing the Astaire pom-pom dance," he said sharply. View quote
Fred Astaire