Famous quotes containing the words sir william schwenck, sir william, schwenck gilbert, gilbert, schwenck and/or sir:
“I love my fellow creatures—I do all the good I can—
Yet everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“If they’ve a brain and cerebellum, too,
They’ve got to leave that brain outside,
And vote just as their leaders tell ‘em to.”
—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)
“While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
At best is only a monkey shaved!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Down went the owners—greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“This is no Sir Galahad who lives from afar. This is a two- legged boa constrictor.”
—John Lee Mahin (1902–1984)