London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net.… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool. — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
I like connecting to places by foot, and I'm interested in experiencing how somewhere like Crieff connects to somewhere like London. — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
until I have been able to bury my head so deep in dear London that I can forget that I have ever… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
London is like the tropical bush -- if you don't exercise constant care the jungle, in the shape of the slums, will… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
When I moved to London in the 1990s, it had changed a great deal. Racism had become deeply uncool. But there has… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
As someone who lives with adult-onset asthma, I know how bad air quality in the capital has become. I want to be… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I did everything the wrong way round. I started in an odd place, with the wrong skill set and arguably worked backwards.… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
“Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf’s, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway’s. Barcelona is Gaudí's and Rome… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I went to a state school in south-west London. It was a brilliant school for the students that really wanted to learn.… — Finn Cole Copy Share Image
I had a role in 'Crossroads' when I was about 21, and then I went on to perform in 'Small Change' and… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I literally can't get anywhere now without the map on my phone. I used to use an A-Z when I first came… — Emily Berrington Copy Share Image
I never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It's more fun to come to Paris. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
And every place and time an author writes about is imaginary, from Oz to Raymond Chandler's L.A. to Dickens's London. — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Oh, London is a fine town, A very famous city, Where all the streets are paved with gold, And all the maidens… — Mark Williams Copy Share Image
The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I like to travel, but honestly I really like to just be at home in London and spend time with my friends. — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Band Of Gold' nearly did me in. We had 16 weeks of night shoots and I was never getting home to London… — Geraldine James Copy Share Image
If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be… — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
I wasn't very good at studies but was into a lot of extra-curricular activities. I used to play the keyboard and bass… — Naga Chaitanya Copy Share Image
Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle when I was younger was geographical. I was living in Blackburn and the ITV and BBC studios were in… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Jews and Gypsies were well-nigh the only Diasporas in 19th century Europe. Now go to London, it is a collection of Diasporas. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
After living in LA for 8 years, I sort of wanted a change, but there's not much production in New York, which… — Alex Winter Copy Share Image
I live with four of my best friends - with my brother and three of my best friends - and we have… — Christian Cooke Copy Share Image
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Me and the missus have come a long way since our first flat in Southend. When I first came to London I… — Lee Evans Copy Share Image
My fantasy is, if I wasnt on Dexter, I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on Doctor… — Manny Coto Copy Share Image
Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
When I was a GLC councillor, we won and held London as Labour was imploding nationally - running popular campaigns against the… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
I finished my studies in England, I opened my studio in London, and the first one-man exhibit I had on Bond Street,… — Felix de Weldon Copy Share Image
There's something kind of fun to hear the colloquialisms come out when people grow angry. All of a sudden, you hear my… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of… — Graham Coxon Copy Share Image
