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Alan Bennett quote: "I am the King. I tell. I am not told. I am the verb, sir. ..."
I am the King. I tell. I am not told. I am the verb, sir. I am not the object. (King George III) Alan Bennett
As the sun fell below the horizon, Sir Luckless emerged from the waters with the glory of his triumph upon him, and flung himself in his rusted armor at the feet of Amata, who was the kindest and most beautiful woman he had ever beheld. Flushed with success, he begged for her hand and her heart, and Amata, no less delighted, realized that she had found a man worthy of them. J. K. Rowling
Billy coughed when the door was opened, and when he coughed he shit thin gruel. This was in accordance with the Third Law of Motion according to Sir Isaac Newton. This law tells us that for every action there is a reaction and opposite in direction. This can be useful in rocketry. Kurt Vonnegut
The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher otherwise men would be converters of souls. Nor does it lie in the preacher’s learning; otherwise it could consists of the wisdom of men. We might preach till our tongues rotted, till we should exhaust our lungs and die, but never a soul would be converted unless there were mysterious power going with it – the Holy Ghost changing the... Charles Spurgeon
I would not like it thought that I do not buy my own paperclips, sir. I enjoy owning my own paperclips. It means they are mine. Terry Prachett
Oscar Wilde quote: "Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? I didn't think it..."
Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? I didn't think it polite to listen, sir. Oscar Wilde
I mean, if you're asking a fellow to come out of a room so that you can dismember him with a carving knife, it's absurd to tack a 'sir' on to every sentence. The two things don't go together. P. G. Wodehouse
You are going, Jane?"I am going, sir."You are leaving me?"Yes."You will not come? You will not be my comforter, my rescuer? My deep love, my wild woe, my frantic prayer, are all nothing to you?"What unutterable pathos was in his voice! How hard was it to reiterate firmly, "I am going!"Jane!"Mr. Rochester."Withdraw then, I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room, think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings; think of me."He... Charlotte Bronte
David McCullough quote: "Remove yourself, sir!"
Remove yourself, sir! David McCullough
It strikes me, sir, that you are nearing the point where even a grateful American might tell you to go to the devil.-Nero Wolfe to an FBI Agent Rex Stout
Wilfrid Laurier quote: "Let your convictions be always calm, serene and superior to..."
Let your convictions be always calm, serene and superior to the inevitable trials of life. - Sir Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier
It is feared that it may be the smallpox, sir," replied Porthos... "and what is serious is that it will certainly spoil his face. Alexander Dumas
Graham Greene quote: "If ash-trays could speak, sir.' 'Indeed, yes."
If ash-trays could speak, sir.' 'Indeed, yes. Graham Greene
If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is. George Eliot
Then he looked by him, and was ware of a damsel that came riding as fast as her horse might gallop upon a fair palfrey. And when she espied that Sir Lanceor was slain, then she made sorrow out of measure, and said, "O Balin ! two bodies hast thou slain and one heart, and two hearts in one body, and two souls thou hast lost. Thomas Malory

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