W. S. Gilbert Quotes
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Utopia's quite another land;
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Oh, wouldn't the world seem dull and flat with nothing whatever to grumble at?
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When you are lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety.
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See how the Fates their gifts allot, For A is happy-B is not. Yet B is worthy, I dare say, Of more prosperity than A.
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I am a courtier grave and serious Who is about to kiss your hand: Try to combine a pose imperious With a demeanour nobly bland.
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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
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Isn't your life extremely flat,With nothing to grumble at?
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I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.
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I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.
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Posterity shall know of me even less than I shall know of posterity.
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There's fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it.
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I am the Captain of the Pinafore ; And a right good captain too! . . . . And I'm never, never sick at sea! What, never? No, never! What never? Hardly ever! He's hardly ever sick at sea! Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the hardy Captain of the Pinafore!
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I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalculous; In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
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And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist--
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When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the merry village chime.
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A policeman's lot is not a happy one
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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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I often think it's comical
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Oh! a private buffoon is a light-hearted loon,
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Things are seldom what they seem.
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When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.
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I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer,
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The happiest hour a sailor sees Is when he's down At an inland town, With his Nancy on his knees, yo ho! And his arm around her waist!
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Strike the concertina's melancholy string!