Famous quotes containing the words sir william schwenck, schwenck gilbert, sir william, sir, schwenck and/or gilbert:
“That most ingenious paradox!
We’ve quips and quibbles heard in flocks,
But none to beat that paradox!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“A feather bed had every man,
Warm slippers and hot-water can,
Brown windsor from the captain’s store,
A valet, too, to every four.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“‘Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos’sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain’s gig!”’”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.”
—Robin, Sir Day (b. 1915)
“On my face extended flat
I was walloped with a cat
For listening at the key-hole of the door.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“You’ve no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself—and how little I deserve it.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)