John Synge may refer to:
- John Lighton Synge (1897-1995), Irish mathematician and physicist
- John Millington Synge (1871-1909), Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or synge:
“Whither goest thou?”
—Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.
The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”
“The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella;
But chiefly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just’s umbrella.”
—Charles Synge Christopher Bowen (1835–1896)