442 Quotes by W. S. Gilbert

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    The driver no doubt suffered some smoke inhalation and other very serious injuries, but it's nearly certain that only a few moments more in the vehicle, and he would have perished.

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    This last discovery illuminated the mechanism of protein synthesis: the protein chain is transferred in turn from one amino-acid-bearing transfer RNA to another as it grows, their order dictated by messenger RNA and ultimately by the genetic code on the DNA.

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    As is gloriously sung in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore," in the words of W. S. Gilbert: "Things are seldom as they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream."

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    I don't know anybody who could take nine weeks off and then boom come back and win a tournament.

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    The current situation is unacceptable. As we repopulate, stuff will happen. People using chainsaws will cut themselves, there will be auto accidents, and people will have heart attacks. We have to get up and running.

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    I don't get it. All I know is that that guy (is who) I want between the two pipes behind me.

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    I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.

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    They're as good of players as we have in the area. We've got to grow up right away. We always want to win league and we want to go deep in the playoffs.

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