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John Betjeman quotes: It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.

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

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

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

John Betjeman quotes: I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think.

John Betjeman quotes: I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.

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

John Betjeman quotes: Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music..

Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music..

John Betjeman quotes: Oh better far those echoing hellsHalf-threaten'd in the pealing bellsThan that this 'I' should cease to be -

Oh better far those echoing hells
Half-threaten'd in the pealing bells
Than that this 'I' should cease to be -

John Betjeman quotes: Hymns are the poetry of the people.

Hymns are the poetry of the people.

John Betjeman quotes: And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky.

And marbled clouds go scudding by
The many-steepled London sky.

John Betjeman quotes: And now, dear Lord, I cannot wait Because I have a luncheon date.

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

John Betjeman quotes: Approval of what is approved ofIs as false as a well-kept vow.

Approval of what is approved of
Is as false as a well-kept vow.

John Betjeman quotes: Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

John Betjeman quotes: Soft and sun-warm, see her glide

Soft and sun-warm, see her glide

John Betjeman quotes: Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!It isn't fit for humans now,There isn't grass to graze a cow.Swarm over, Death!

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!

John Betjeman quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust.

Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old collar-bone's bust.

John Betjeman quotes: Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound

Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound

John Betjeman quotes: 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!

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 quotes: One mark of good verse is surprise

One mark of good verse is surprise

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

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

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

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 quotes: A whispering and watery Norfolk soundTelling of all the moonlit reeds around.

A whispering and watery Norfolk sound
Telling of all the moonlit reeds around.

John Betjeman quotes: Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.