London Quote by John Betjeman Download Open image ““And marbled clouds go scudding by The many-steepled London sky.”” — John Betjeman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare London Poetry
“There was the sky, filled with flat-topped clouds, cruising like a fleet of anvils across the blue. George” — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
“Wisps of clouds scattered across the heavens, as if brought to their place by a great sigh.” — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
“The sky was as blue and delicate as a porcelain teacup, and the hills rolled gently in all directions, intersected occasionally with the silver… — Alyxandra Harvey Copy Share Image
“moon was sewn into the sky that night. Clouds were stitched around it.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“the moon was sewn into the sky that night. Clouds were stitched around it.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Gigantic clouds drift across the sky, blotting out the sun. The air is as dark as my heart.” — Jen Minkman Copy Share Image
“and, finally, the London Eye and Westminster. The sky was deep blue and the sun’s heat intense, so the cooling river breeze was heaven.… — Paul Pilkington Copy Share Image
“It was pouring earlier, great sheets of rain, and now the clouds outside the window are crystal tipped, like mountain peaks in the sky,… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
“In another country where the buildings don't stop rising until they pinthe clouds to the sky.” — Sally Gardner Copy Share Image
“Then, as if they were wind-blown clouds, all of the ideas in which we’ve felt life and all the ambitions and plans on which… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“The clouds looked like silent travelers headed for the edge of the earth.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
What the Londoner sees in his mind’s eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand! — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
A whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
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… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
And behind their frail partitions Business women lie and soak, Seeing through the draughty skylight Flying clouds and railway smoke. Rest you there, poor… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans. Spare their women for Thy Sake, And if that is not too easy, We will pardon Thy Mistake.… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
Go to The Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath. It's an old-fashioned pub, and from there, you can look out over the London skyline. — Richard Quest Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote in American… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place. — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
My parents and my sister always leave me over New Year, so I'm always on my own in London. — Amelia Dimoldenberg Copy Share Image
Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front.… — Nigel Evans Copy Share Image
I don't think it's any different if I'm in the U.S. or in London. I look at operations globally. — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in London there was just something about the light and there's something about the way London went onto film… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I miss my kids, and they miss me. It's very difficult, but I have to do it for my country and fulfill my dreams… — Mary Kom Copy Share Image
