Sir John Scott

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

    “Over Sir John’s hill,
    The hawk on fire hangs still;
    In a hoisted cloud, at drop of dusk, he pulls to his claws
    And gallows, up the rays of his eyes the small birds of the bay....”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Approval of what is approved of
    Is as false as a well-kept vow.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)