Famous quotes containing the words sir john and/or john:
“And is it true? And is it true,
This most tremendous tale of all,
Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
A Baby in an ox’s stall?
The Maker of the stars and sea
Become a Child on earth for me?”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)
““You the one, I the few”
said John Adams
speaking of fears in the abstract
to his volatile friend Mr. Jefferson,”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)