Birmingham Quotes · Page 2

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

— Harry Redknapp

“The ultimate tragedy of Birmingham was not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence of the good people.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

I like Manchester, Birmingham. I really find this place very nice. Loved Australia. I thought that was awesome.

— Ric Flair

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

— Mary Badham

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

My agent is a Birmingham fan and I don't think Birmingham and Aston Villa get on too well.

— Ivan Toney

I was born in Birmingham, and then I moved to Rotterdam when I was about five/six and then came back when I…

— Stefflon Don

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

— Andre Holland

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

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

Part of the reason for doing 'Peaky Blinders,' apart from the fact that it was a personal story and I've always wanted…

— Steven Knight

Well I've seen travel in many waysI've traveled in cars and old subwaysBut in Birmingham some people choseTo fly down the street…

— Phil Ochs

I hardly had any coaching until I joined Birmingham where I had Dave Watson for five years. He's one of the best…

— Jack Butland

We're a tight-knit city in Birmingham. We have so much around us that brings the people together, no matter who you are…

— Moeen Ali

My wife goes to Birmingham five times a week. My mom lives in Birmingham now after moving from Myrtle Beach. It's not…

— Nick Saban

“I write late into the night at the Tutweiler in downtown Birmingham, and try hard to turn down that second cheeseburger at…

— Rick Bragg

I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to…

— Don Helms

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

Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it…

— Tamsin Greig

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

Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to…

— Neil Gaiman

Only time [JF] Kennedy made any, took any action to even look like he identified with negroes was when he was forced…

— Malcolm X

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a…

— Willie Mays

Byrd, the former Klu [sic] Klux Klan Kleagle, is taking a stand over states' rights, or his rights over State, or some…

— Mark Steyn

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

— Jack Butland

I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days

— Willie Mays

We come to Birmingham every January for the 'Britain's Got Talent' auditions and always have a great time.

— Declan Donnelly

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

— Steve Bruce

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

— Chris Cleave

I love living in Birmingham, it's just a lovely gentle life, and it's calm. And it's full of Brummies who I find…

— Joe Lycett

All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy…

— Rob Halford

People forget that many of the aspects of the Selma campaign were laid out in response to the church bombing in Birmingham.

— Andrew Aydin

I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's…

— Ozzy Osbourne

I started in the kitchen of a Holiday Inn in Birmingham. I wanted to be a sponge, wanted to learn and progress.…

— April Bloomfield

Birmingham has a nice vibe, I like the energy and I like the people, a lot of different kind of vibes and…

— Skip Marley

“Birmingham was a dirty industrial city, and from the plane it had a delicate rose-pink aura of pollution, like the chiffon scarf…

— Ken Follett

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

The only way I'd fight Darren Till is if they came back to Birmingham. We could headline that. Apart from that, he's…

— Leon Edwards

I accept House of Fraser cannot have 500,000 square feet in Birmingham. Honestly, you would need an Uber to take you round.…

— Mike Ashley

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree…

— Paul Nurse