London Quotes · Page 13

My daughter has studied in London and when she came back, she wanted to be a stand up comedian.

— Johnny Lever

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

— Boris Johnson

“They were both lost in cities that would not pause even to shrug”

— Monica Ali

At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

— Horace

I've always known I was going to perform and live in London.

— Hannah John-Kamen

I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.

— Fernando Meirelles

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

— Paul Theroux

“It's not that I hate London, I just hate what it represents." Nick nodded knowingly. "Tea.”

— Rachel Van Dyken

The fact that I went back to New Zealand, a country where you are legally allowed to date, and I couldn't manage…

— Rose Matafeo

I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we…

— DMX

The day that changed my life was 3 July 1986, when I went to see American actress and singer Barbara Cook at…

— Anne Reid

There's something about being in the country that makes you stick out like a sore thumb ? you're an anomaly. But in…

— Cornelia Parker

I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in…

— Kim Clijsters

The reason I came to London is to become a better footballer, to not stay in my comfort zone. It's given me…

— Sam Kerr

There is a clear political desire to rebalance the British economy away from London towards the regions, and away from the services…

— Rishi Sunak

“Ironically, as I think this, the Tube pulls into Earl’s Court where I need to switch lines for Sloane Square. Maybe I’m…

— Elle Field

I was living in Paris, which is a very beautiful, very wonderful place, but a tight place as a city, a tight…

— Nicolas Berggruen

The age of 20 was all about stupid things. I did crazy things but never lost it. I was, you know, a…

— Ayelet Zurer

Jack London is a very generous description of my small hiking, bicycling, and canoeing habit. I myself feel like a weak urbanite…

— Nick Offerman

How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior…

— John Caudwell

After I began to make some money, my brain-damaged accountant put me in one business after another that went bad. The only…

— Sean Connery

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to…

— James Keller

I was a young man, and this is the kind of London it was, but so many people are just not here…

— Manolo Blahnik

If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memoires!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.

— Clement Attlee

When there are things that don't go according to plan, London will cope.

— Jeremy Hunt

There's nowhere that life feels more eternal, your dimwit youth more important, than Paris.

— Charles Finch

I heard London is nice, so maybe it is. But I've only been to the armpit of England.

— Matt Riddle

There's a real pace to New York life which in reality London doesn't match.

— Jonathan Bailey

I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.

— Peter Doig

“The dog sniffed at the bonfire like a ship with a wet nose docking at a foreign port." -Mgru”

— Stephen Moles

I don't come from any great culinary tradition - I'm from London!

— Arthur Potts Dawson

I really resent how expensive everything is in London.

— Rachael Stirling

Paris may be expensive but I love it. It's the one place to spend money and enjoy.

— Lester Persky

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

— Thomas Moore

Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.

— Naftali Bennett

It occurs to me that cricket is not the true sport in London - gossip is.

— Libba Bray

The whole world knows Dickens, his London and his characters.

— Claire Tomalin

Ricky and I met aged 22 at University College London.

— Jane Fallon