--- title: "1 Bridge Said Quotes By Wendy Cope" description: "1 Bridge Said quotes by Wendy Cope. Plus more from Wendy Cope and more Bridge Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/wendy-cope-17267_black_on-waterloo-bridge-where-we-said-our-goo_88137.jpg" --- > [On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove And try not to notice I've fallen in love On Waterloo Bridge I am trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/on-waterloo-bridge-where-we-said-our-goodbyes-the-weather-conditions/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34c/wendy-cope-17267_black_on-waterloo-bridge-where-we-said-our-goo_88137.jpg) ## More by Wendy Cope > [The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/the-reason-modern-poetry-is-difficult-is-so-that-the-poet-s-wife/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-like-buying-clothes-especially-as-i-get-a-tax-deductible-allowance/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/on-waterloo-bridge-where-we-said-our-goodbyes-the-weather-conditions/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-ve-never-been-more-famous-than-i-was-suddenly-in-1986/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/in-my-case-the-long-gaps-between-my-books-have-got-quite-a-lot-to-do/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [“A Green Song (to sing at the bottle-bank) One green bottle, Drop it in the bank. Ten green bottles, What a lot we drank.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/a-green-song-to-sing-at-the-bottle-bank-one-green-bottle-drop-it-in/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-used-to-think-all-poets-were-byronic-mad-bad-and-dangerous-to-know/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you should write what you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-always-tell-students-that-writing-a-poem-and-publishing-it-are-two/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I like a quiet life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-like-a-quiet-life/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/bloody-christmas-here-again-let-us-raise-a-loving-cup-peace-on-earth/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/bloody-men-are-like-bloody-buses-you-wait-for-about-a-year-and-as/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [“Everybody in this room is bored. The poems drag, the voice and gestures irk. He can't be interrupted or ignored. Poor fools, we came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/everybody-in-this-room-is-bored-the-poems-drag-the-voice-and-gestures/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [“Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis It was a dream I had last week And some kind of record seemed vital. I knew it wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/making-cocoa-for-kingsley-amis-it-was-a-dream-i-had-last-week-and/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not going to make them laugh. But there are quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/there-is-some-humour-in-family-values-i-don-t-want-everyone-to-think/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) > [I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-cope/i-ve-said-what-i-m-prepared-to-say-in-my-poems-and-then-journalists/) [Wendy Cope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-cope/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bridge-said/wendy-cope/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bridge Said Quotes By Wendy Cope", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On Waterloo Bridge where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. 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