Sir John Gordon

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

    “Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn,
    Furnish’d and burnish’d by Aldershot sun,
    What strenuous singles we played after tea,
    We in the tournament—you against me!”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Think of what our Nation stands for,
    Books from Boots’ and country lanes,
    Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
    Democracy and proper drains.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “I like his holiness very much, particularly since an order, which I understand he has lately given, that no more miracles shall be performed.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)