“He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!”
Charles Dickens
“[Marcelo told her,] Ma'am, I'm supposed to tell you after you see the photographs that General Sanchez wants to see you in his office. ... before I even saw the photographs, I was preparing words to say in a press conference - to be up front, to be honest about this, that an investigation is ongoing and there are some allegations of detainee abuse.”
Janis Karpinski
“"Heat, ma'am!" I said; "it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones”
Sydney Smith
“He was always pleasant and polite - 'Yes sir, yes ma'am' - but he had that short fuse, ... As he got older, he eventually came to the realization that even though he wasn't the one responsible for where he was (in trouble and in foster care), he was the one who was going to have to (rise above it).”
Rob Davis
“A hollow voice is all I have / But this I tell you plain, / Marry come up! - you marry, Ma'am, / And I'll come up again.”
Thomas Hood
“He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.'”
Lisa Anderson
“Pump 4 with the red truck, you're ready to go, Ma'am, please come inside and pay when you're done pumping.”
Tim Sutton
