London Quotes · Page 25

“Isn't anyone going to take these damnable arrows out of me?”

— Cayla Kluver

Paris is life-enhancing for all those reasons we know and all those words that have become so banal.

— Lee Radziwill

I was an only child. Both my parents came from working-class families in Hackney, east London.

— Tony Robinson

I acted as Boris Johnson's chief of staff for his first few months as Mayor of London in 2008.

— Nick Boles

“I think it may truly said that if you are tired of San Francisco, you are tired of life.”

— Charles McCabe

Being back in London is like a dream for me to be honest.

— Michail Antonio

I like Paris. They don't talk so much of money, but more of sex

— Vera de Bosset

I grew up in a working class family in South East London with no money.

— Keeley Hazell

“If Rome, a city of the vulgar living, had been depressing after Greece, London, a city of the drab dead, was fifty…

— John Fowles

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really…

— Christopher Guest

Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a…

— Letitia Wright

At 21 I was all over the place, I had no direction, I left London because I was getting into loads of…

— Jay Blades

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

— James Cromwell

I'm the youngest of three children and grew up in Ealing, west London. My eldest sister, Nutun, is nine years older than…

— Konnie Huq

I'm passionate about history and there's no more historic place than London. We're sitting on a thousand years of history and you…

— Mackenzie Crook

At first, Hendrix went and became a superstar in London, but if he walked past the Apollo in Harlem, no one would…

— Nayvadius Cash

In Britain, we ought to be in a position where doctors and therapists are able to prescribe mindfulness, acupuncture, osteopathy de rigueur,…

— David Lammy

I came from a working class family. We lived in a prefab. We had nothing, but we had everything. I was out…

— Graeme Souness

When I left London and my parents split up it crushed me, to be honest. It was really, really hard for me.…

— Darren Bent

When I was a young actor and working in London, I would pop home to see my sister, and Ewan would always…

— Denis Lawson

There are a lot of distractions in London, which is the downside to things, for a lot of young footballers as well,…

— Yannick Bolasie

On a cold, fretful afternoon in early October, 1872, a hansom cab drew up outside the offices of Lockhart and Selby, Shipping…

— Philip Pullman

“Will anyone understand it outside Paris? That is open to doubt. The special features of this scene, full of local colour and…

— Honoré de Balzac

It's more about when you come back from being out somewhere; in a minicab or a night bus, or with someone, or…

— Burial

You can't allow everybody in London to know that the undead exist.

— Victoria Smurfit

You come to Paris, you get true originality, and it's wonderful.

— Andre Leon Talley

When I was 23, I moved to London. It was not an easy thing to do.

— Arlene Phillips

I left the North when I was 21 to go to drama school in London, and I stayed there 12 years.

— Maxine Peake

London is where I grew up, and I know it better than any other place.

— Luol Deng

Labrinth is a super talented singer, producer, songwriter from London.

— Estelle

There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.

— Zaha Hadid

If you go to America or London, you will see Indians shining.

— Arvind Kejriwal

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

— Sally Phillips

London is a wonderful city, but I am here for Chelsea. It's 100 per cent hard work, 90 per cent fun.

— Maurizio Sarri

I don't live in London - I'm based in Norfolk and have a place in Scotland.

— Martin Shaw

I love the way we do theatre in London: I love the fact that everybody is trained.

— Janet McTeer

Southampton is the most beautiful city in England, and everything is great.

— Dusan Tadic

I hate going out in Brighton now. It's different in London. People respect you more there.

— Katie Price

Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

— Anonymous

Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

— Sam Mendes