Famous quotes containing the words sir john, john and/or betjeman:
“Treason doth never prosper; whats the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
—Sir John Harington (15611612)
“You the one, I the few
said John Adams
speaking of fears in the abstract
to his volatile friend Mr. Jefferson,”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“Peoples backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.”
—Sir John Betjeman (19061984)