Famous quotes containing the words sir, gilbert and/or elliot:
“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
—Herbert, Sir Beerbohm (1853–1917)
“Of course you will pooh-pooh whatever’s fresh and new, and declare
it’s crude and mean;”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I’ve heard the lilting at our yowe-milking,”
—Jean Elliot (1727–1805)