442 Quotes by W. S. Gilbert

It didn't get high enough to ruin any files.

If your master is surly, from getting up early (And tempers are short in the morning), An inopportune joke is enough to provoke Him to give you, at once, a month's warning.

As the ice shelves are disintegrating, the glaciers that are feeding them from the land are surging forward.

At this time, Sargent & Sargent is handling the security aspect of it.

A man is but an ass Who fights in a cuirass

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

At some point, they have to prove they can be melded.

That's a pretty good game, ... He hasn't played since Week 3 of last year. But, we saw, the kid can make plays. That's why we wanted him at quarterback. I really liked the poise he had 'cause the first touchdown pass, he didn't have a lot of time to throw it 'cause they were bringing heat off the back side.

Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses, Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.