Sir John Franklin

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

    “People’s backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “‘Tirra Tirra,’ by the river
    Sang Sir Lancelot.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”
    —Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 8:1.

    “No nation was ever ruined by trade.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)