London Quotes · Page 23

In London, people don't make eye contact; it's almost too provocative.

— Emily Beecham

If I had a pound for every time I heard Ollie Watkins' name I could buy half of London!

— Ivan Toney

Normally, when New York catches a cold, London sneezes.

— Nigel Farage

“I lay for hour thinking about London, my old bedroom and the Dad-shaped hole in my life.”

— Caroline Green

Chelsea gave me all the trophies I have as a football player. I saw my kids growing up in London.

— Fernando Torres

London can be a platform to look at what living in contemporary Britain is all about.

— Munira Mirza

As a foreigner in London, I like that there are so many other foreigners.

— David Sedaris

I don't think I'd live in London unless you paid me. Nine figures would be nice.

— Richard Griffiths

I will venture to say there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit…

— Samuel Johnson

I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.

— Roselee Goldberg

One of the pleasures of living in London is the opportunity to do things that are only possible in a city of…

— Richard Coles

I was living in my lovely little two-bedroom flat in north London... and suddenly, I couldn't just walk down the street and…

— Kate Winslet

If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.

— Nicolas Berggruen

Of course there are times when I hate London, but equally there are times when I can walk 'round a corner and…

— Graham Swift

I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I…

— FKA twigs

Many anglophone Africans still have deep emotional, economic and often familial links to Britain, but those with money are now as keen…

— David Olusoga

Because I live in London I'm always at busy places like airports and gigs. When you're up in the mountains the air's…

— Limahl

I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about…

— Ryan Giggs

In actual fact, I wanted to be an actor, but I was a lawyer, and I was a week away from qualifying…

— Gerard Butler

We had a completely deniable exchange of papers - in the winter before the 1997 election - with [Tony] Blair, setting out…

— David Trimble

“We live in hope that the good we do here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. We also hope to win…

— Connie Willis

In India, as we saw, the Sepoy Mutiny led to a vast reorganization of British colonialism in the area, sending out a…

— Webster Tarpley

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a…

— Jo Bonner

I could have been a better mother. My children assure me it was fine. But when you are running to catch the…

— Sue Townsend

“The essential London scenes is a row of low identical houses set around a square.”

— Anna Quindlen

I cycle whenever possible around London. But I travel first class when I need to fly.

— Juergen Teller

Amber London is a political rapper, a preaching rapper who speaks true facts and not just nonsense.

— SpaceGhostPurrp

I've been smart with my money and own a property in London so I'm very happy, and I've got a nice car.

— A. J. Pritchard

London is a huge, stony desert: even boredom feels endless there.

— Sándor Márai

We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.

— Lacey Chabert

London is obviously such a huge, complicated, difficult place, but it's such a vibrant cultural place.

— Phil Dunster

Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.

— Rebecca Loos

I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.

— Anonymous

I trained in London as a classical actor, but you've no idea what way your career will go.

— Aisling Bea

I moved to London to focus on my career and get the most out of my career that I can do.

— Josh Taylor

I was born in London but, after my dad passed away, we moved to Kent for a fresh start.

— Chris Smalling

I would love to live in Paris and speak French. That would make me feel glamorous!

— Amanda Seyfried

I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.

— Brigitte Nielsen

Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted transsexual.

— Angela Carter

When I'm in London, I get a veggie-box sent up every week, with the latest pickings.

— Sheherazade Goldsmith