Birmingham Quotes

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

— Winston Churchill

We have a fabulous civil rights history here in Birmingham.

— Luther Strange

Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them.

— Paul Merson

I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons.

— Elaine Stritch

Manchester's history is cotton and wool. Birmingham's is iron and steel.

— Steven Knight

We are representing the country and we are doing it from Birmingham.

— Leon Edwards

A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I'm loving Birmingham to be fair. It's obviously different coming from London but everyone's made me feel welcome and I've settled in…

— Ollie Watkins

The first live gig I ever saw was Johnny Cash at the Birmingham Odeon in 1971. I was 14 and went with my dad.

— Frank Skinner

“. . . Birmingham City Council was playing third time lucky with the design of the city's celebrated Victoria Square . . .”

— Tom Holt

As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and…

— Bryan Robson

The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly aware…

— David Harewood

I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.

— Condoleezza Rice

This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological…

— Paul Nurse

This kind of music was just hitting England, so we were getting this following in clubs in Birmingham just cause we were…

— Jim Capaldi

I was in college, but I got kicked out. It was a very free school, but I created a "bad impression." Like…

— Steve Winwood

I remember being at the church a few hours after the church was bombed in Birmingham, the 16th Street Baptist Church. It…

— John Lewis

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Obviously it's very hard to leave a club that you've supported all your life. But the reason that I've come to Birmingham…

— David Dunn

We have taken a major step forward in providing a new high quality education facility at Longbridge. Not only will the new…

— Mike Murray

But the time will come when New England will be as thickly peopled as old England. Wages will be as low, and…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I've probably read maybe by now fifteen, twenty books on Matthew. I'd say the authors I like best are an English fellow…

— John Shelby Spong

It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its…

— Evan Parker

This is about putting education absolutely in the centre of enterprise and then using the traditions of Birmingham to inspire and grow.…

— Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham

She's a skank. He's a player. He's cute but almost OD'd last year, so he's a bad bet. She's a two-faced, lying,…

— Gena Showalter

Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such…

— Lewis Nkosi

I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white…

— June Jordan

I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my…

— Condoleezza Rice

I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“They have never put it into words, they cannot; but each absence is a threat. They never felt this way in New…

— James Baldwin

My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up.

— Mary Badham

I told Birmingham I don't want nothing, I'm not interested in the money.

— Harry Redknapp

I just didn't feel like there would be a lot of opportunities for me in Birmingham.

— Kim Hawthorne

My paternal grandmother drove ambulances during the regional Blitz, in Birmingham.

— Chris Cleave

My record is good with Birmingham and Wigan. Just study the facts.

— Steve Bruce

I would love to bring the UFC back to Birmingham.

— Leon Edwards

I had a fantastic time at Birmingham and I never regret anything that happened there.

— Jack Butland

The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham.

— Andre Holland