bother quotes

: Bad language or abuse, I never, never use, Whatever the emergency; Though 'Bother it' I may Occasionally say, I never use a big, big D : What, never? : No, never! : What never? : Well, hardly ever! : Hardly ever swears a big, big D Then give three cheers, and one cheer more, For the well-bred Captain of the Pinafore!

- Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) Gilbert
  CAPTALLCAPTALLCAPTALL1878  HMS Pinafore, act1.

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because, as a nation, we don't dress well and we've no manners.

- George Bernard Shaw
  Valentine to Dolly and Philip Clandon. You Never CanTell, act1.