11) 2044. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?-1618). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
Quotations. 1989
...Sir Walter Raleigh (1554?-1618) For whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and...
12) 93. Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
Quotations. 1989
...Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) Architecture has its political Use; publick Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and...
13) 18504. Edwards, Blake. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...Sir Charles: Are you?Princess Dala: What?Sir Charles: What they call you-the Virgin Queen?Princess Dala: I'm not a queen. ATTRIBUTION:Blake Edwards (b. 1922), director,...
14) 31297. Johnson, Samuel. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...Sir John, Sir, is a very unclubbable man. ATTRIBUTION:Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), British author, lexicographer. Quoted in James Boswell, Life of Dr. Johnson, entry,...
15) 31191. Johnson, Samuel. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...Macaulay in this town, a great republican. One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, "Madam, I am now become a convert...
16) 2030. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
Quotations. 1989
...Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) As good play for nothing, you know, as work for nothing. SIR WALTER SCOTT, letter to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, December 30, 1808.-John...
17) 784. Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979). Respectfully Quoted: A
Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
...Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979) It is customary in democratic countries to deplore expenditure on armaments as conflicting with the requirements of the social...
18) 957. Sir John MacDonell (1846-1921). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
Quotations. 1989
...Sir John MacDonell (1846-1921) Let me make one more remark suggested by this trial and by others. There is no accepted test of civilization. It is not wealth, or...
19) 4644. Aubrey, John. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would...
20) 16995. Donne, John. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...British divine, metaphysical poet. repr. In Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, ed. John Hayward (1929). Verse Letter to Sir Henry Wotton (1597-1598). Opening lines....
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