Sir John Scott

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir, john and/or scott:

    “Columbus’s doom-burdened caravels
    Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land.”
    —Sir John Collings Squire (1884–1958)

    “Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.”
    —Robin, Sir Day (b. 1915)

    “There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting.”
    —A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)

    “It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)