Quote by 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.

I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fi

Summary

This quote reflects the speaker's visionary perspective on the future, envisioning a world where workers' accommodations rise high like silver pencils amidst fields of soya beans. The imagery of "silver pencils" and "score on score" indicates a futuristic and seemingly utopian society, suggesting a harmonious coexistence between nature and human habitation. It implies a world where agricultural landscapes blend seamlessly with modern infrastructure, presenting an optimistic outlook on progress and technology in creating a sustainable and aesthetically pleasing urban environment.

Topics

Future

By John Betjeman

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Whoever heard of La-ing or Lo-ing somebody you're herding go

Whoever heard of La-ing or Lo-ing somebody you're herding goats with, or laughing with, or making love with.

Samuel R. Delany

Love

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help b

By doing simple acts of kindness for others, we can't help but lift ourselves up, too.

Kindness

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.

Respect

One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much

One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention.

Amazing

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral.

There is nothing so bad but it can masquerade as moral.

Walter Lippmann

Morals

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men t

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

Bertrand Russell

Men Power Religion History Vices

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

Publilius Syrus

Eyes

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

Francesco Guicciardini

Planning

At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and sho

At the last moment, Antoinette came out of her faint and shouted one word to her child.That word, reader, was adieu...Adieu is the French word for farewell. Farewell is not the word you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods... Farewell is a word that, in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.

Children Inspirational Writing From The Heart

When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great off

When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says I'm not sorry, and I'd do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads.

Power

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other un

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn.

Chinese Proverb

Goodness

The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell o

The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.

Education