London Quotes · Page 98

My neighborhood in South London was very Dickensian.

— Roger Rees

I moved from Stockholm to London, and I didn't want to work with my parents or have them help me in any…

— Mabel

It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns on all…

— Julie Burchill

The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.

— Stephen Fry

Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they…

— Stevie Smith

There is a certain ancient civility about tailors that is welcome - especially in modern London, which is now very much an…

— Graydon Carter

Working was a new thing; waking up early in the morning and going to bed late at night... But I’ve met a…

— Barbara Palvin

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

— Ken Livingstone

The water here in Cardiff is much easier than in London, so for us it is more relaxing paddling here. This race…

— Pavol Hochschorner

The poem you sent me was as fiery and virile as anything you've ever written - or anybody else, for that matter.…

— Robert E. Howard

We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London.…

— Dave Mason

I live in London. But during lockdown I moved back to Yorkshire with my mum and dad.

— Rosie Jones

It's wonderful doing concerts in places like New York and London, but I feel a responsibility to also bring my work home,…

— Charles Hazlewood

It really irritates me how I get sent a script and it's set in London and if I say, 'Can I do…

— Joanna Page

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

— Boris Johnson

What were once felt to be defects-isolation, institutional simplicity, primitiveness of manners, multiplicity of religions, weaknesses in the authority of the state-could…

— Bernard Bailyn

I'm definitely a jeans and sweatshirt girl, fashion was my first love and I will still get excited about London Fashion Week,…

— Angela Scanlon

We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every…

— Abraham Foxman

When I moved to London in the 1990s, it had changed a great deal. Racism had become deeply uncool. But there has…

— Pankaj Mishra

Earlier that year [1996], Ronnie Scott came to Visiones when I was playing with Maria and he hired me to come and…

— Jon Gordon

I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States.

— David Boreanaz

I think I got into acting because I kind of had not much else to do! I guess I was kind of…

— Jeremy Irvine

I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being…

— Alison Jackson

When I came back from filming 'Abduction', I told my agent: I'm staying in London now. If it takes doing children's theater…

— Jason Isaacs

My father ran London Films. He made films like 'The Red Shoes,' 'The Third Man.' And he had had a long career…

— Mark Helprin