Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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And behind their frail partitions Business women lie and soak, Seeing through the draughty skylight Flying clouds and railway smoke. Rest you there, poor unbelov'd ones, Lap your loneliness in heat, All too soon the tiny breakfast, Trolley-bus and windy street!

John Betjeman's Popular Quotes

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

- John Betjeman

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

- John Betjeman

And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

- John Betjeman

It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.

- John Betjeman

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

- John Betjeman

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

- John Betjeman

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

- John Betjeman

On out deathbeds we're not going to regret all the work we didn't do. We're going to regret all the sex we didn't have!

- John Betjeman

I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.

- John Betjeman