“Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.”
George Colman the Younger (1762–1836) English dramatist and writer
The Poor Gentleman, Act I, Scene 2, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Source: Snuff
“Thank you, good sir, I owe you one.”
George Colman the Younger (1762–1836) English dramatist and writer
The Poor Gentleman, Act I, Scene 2, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“No, sir. Go to hell sir. It's the best I can do for you sir.”
Jack London book Call of the Wild
Source: The Call of the Wild
Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Book 3 “A Rose Redeemed; A Rose Revived,” Chapter 1 “Of Weapons Possessed of Will” (p. 270)
The Elric Cycle, The Revenge of the Rose (1991)
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Sergeant Barret and Major Richard Sharpe, p. 273
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Honor (1985)
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Colonel Claud Runciman, Captain Richard Sharpe, and Sergeant Patrick Harper, p. 331
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Battle (1995)
“I have so little sex appeal that my gynecologist calls me "sir."”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host
As quoted in R. Byrne, Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1987)
“Thank you, sir, but I am perfectly content being the bride of death.”
Seth Grahame-Smith book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you sir.”
Allen West (politician) (1961) American politician; retired United States Army officer
Republican Rep. Allen West: “I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare”
Blogging Blue
2011-05-20
http://bloggingblue.com/2011/05/20/republican-rep-allen-west-i-will-take-my-hands-off-medicare-when-there-is-no-medicare/
2011-06-07
To an audience member chanting "Hands off Medicare!"
2010s