Sheridan Asks

Famous quotes containing the words sheridan and/or asks:

“He is the very pineapple of politeness!”
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

“I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)