Son Sir John

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

    “People’s backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Oh my son’s my son till he gets him a wife,
    But my daughter’s my daughter all her life.”
    —Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)

    “Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
    Spare their women for Thy Sake,
    And if that is not too easy
    We will pardon Thy Mistake.
    But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
    Don’t let anyone bomb me.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)