Sir John Scott

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

    “What a treat to hear Thy Word
    Where the bones of leading statesmen,
    Have so often been interred.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”
    —Herbert Beerbohm, Sir Tree (1853–1917)

    “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)

    “Thirty—the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)