"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."

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Source : John Betjeman (2007). “Tennis Whites and Teacakes”, Hodder & Stoughton

John Betjeman

#Mistake Quotes #Bombs Quotes #Sake Quotes

“Success is the progressive, timely achievement of your stated goals.”
“Things have a way of falling into place.”
“Once I became a cop and it's like when I got back into drumming; if I focus on something I become that, so I became a cop.”
“And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily newspapers, and I like to feel when I get up in the morning my attention is fixed on the work I am going to do.”
“For me, as for so many runners, there really are no finish lines. Runs end; running doesn't.”
“commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the ***** test, you failed the IQ test.”
“Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.”
“Wouldn't want to miss a war, would I?”

Source : Alison McGhee (2013). “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”, p.20, Candlewick Press

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