Famous quotes containing the words sir william and/or sir:
“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“When the critics come around it’s always too late.”
—Sidney, Sir Nolan (1917–1992)