Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir and/or scott:
“Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn,
Furnishd and burnishd by Aldershot sun,
What strenuous singles we played after tea,
We in the tournamentyou against me!”
—Sir John Betjeman (19061984)
“Haf owre, haf owre to Aberdour,
Its fiftie fadom deip,
And thair lies guid Sir Patrick Spence,
Wi the Scots lords at his feit.”
—Unknown. Sir Patrick Spens (l. 4144)
“The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow olderintelligence and good manners.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)
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