John Betjeman Quotes

"I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be."
- John Betjeman
(Related: Thought)

"Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows."
- John Betjeman
(Related: Childhood, Reason)

"Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold."
- John Betjeman
(Related: Harvest, Laughter, Now, World)

"People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors."
- John Betjeman
(Related: People, Gardens, Houses, Public)

"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
(Related: Life, Poetry, People, Luxury, Necessity, Oil, World)