I went to a military school, so I'm always talking like 'Yes, sir,' or 'No, ma'am.' I was doing that even before military school, so I've always had it, I guess.
No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.
It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.
I get a lot of fan mail addressed to Bilbo and sometimes Sir Bilbo - it's hardly ever addressed to Ian Holm, in fact. My business manager drafts the replies, and then I pop in to the office and sign them, 'Bilbo!'
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C.
Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process.
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
Don't you oh well me,sir," Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem's fatalistic noises, "you are not old enough to appreciate what I said.
A girl yesterday during my program asked me a question; Sir, Why is this world an Unsafe place? And i had confusion not clarity... No answers
I tell you, sir, the only safeguard of order and discipline in the modern world is a standardized worker with interchangeable parts. That would solve the entire problem of management.
[first lines] FBI instructor: Starling! Starling! Crawford wants to see you in his office. Clarice Starling: Thank you, sir.
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do. I'd really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it's the wrong century.
Sir Te: When in comes to the affairs of the heart, even the greatest warriors can be a consummate idiots.
Dr. Hagar: That wouldn't be a radio in your lap would it Mr. Pitts? Pitts: No sir, science experiment... radar!
[on the Virgin Mary] Elizabeth: She had such power over men's hearts. They died for her. Sir Francis Walsingham: They have found nothing to replace her.
Sir Francis Walsingham: All Norfolk need do is sign this paper and treason will have been committed. Elizabeth: Then let him sign it, and let it all be done.
Lt. Col. Bill Cage: Master Sergeant Farell, you're an American. Master Sergeant Farell: *No,* sir. I'm from *Kentucky.*
Ford: [to Sargent Cage] Hey, you better watch your back out there... Sir. Nance: Cuz no one else will.
Lt. Colonel Nascimento: You know what this operation should be called? Officer: No, sir. Lt. Colonel Nascimento: Operation Iraq.
Angel Face: [the Narrator is about to look at some files but Angel Face stops him] Don't worry. It's all taken care of, sir.
