Sir John Scott

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

    “We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.”
    —Humphrey, Sir Gilbert (c.1537–1583)

    “Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band!
    Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl’s hand!”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meager.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)