London Quotes · Page 30

Where I grew up in South East London you became a cab driver or worked in a flower market.

— Rob Beckett

I was a hairstylist in London up until the age of 21, working in Sloane Square.

— Henry Golding

“Kitchener up to London, but could not yet nerve himself”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

When I was in Beijing, London, and also in Rio I was still a kid really, I didn't feel pressure.

— Ellie Simmonds

I think I enjoy London the best as it's where I started my career. But Paris is beautiful too.

— Alek Wek

When I was a youngster my grandparents took me sightseeing and we went on the London Eye.

— Stuart Broad

The London assembly's job is to scrutinise the mayor of London.

— James Cleverly

When I drop my son off at school, I love walking around the outskirts of Hampstead Heath.

— Sean Pertwee

The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended and actively…

— Gerry Adams

I love my home, spend as much time in London as I can, and try wherever possible to avoid travelling for work.…

— Romola Garai

The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

A quick trip to Paris would be nice. It's a beautiful city, and I've visited several times. I like the buzz, the…

— June Whitfield

If you have ever driven around London and seen the amount of one way systems... they basically rubbed out all car chase…

— Edgar Wright

The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as…

— Vivienne Westwood

My parents had a six floor warehouse on Curtain Road called Cordy House between 2004 and 2007 where we had some of…

— Miquita Oliver

“You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

I had a totally different upbringing, totally different background, raised in Germany, small town, now I am in London taking care of…

— Per Mertesacker

“Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

One of the problems with any kind of talking about the media landscape is that we've just been through an unusually stable…

— Clay Shirky

When I first came to London I thought there'd be this amazing music scene, but I was quite let down by how…

— James Righton

Growing up in Eighties London was great but also quite insular. You went to school, you went home, it was pretty mundane.…

— Jack Savoretti

“Because it is the triumph of a lack of planning –both for good and bad. It's chaos –and whether you say that…

— China Miéville

I can't imagine how American readers will react to a novel, but if the story is appealing it doesn't matter much if…

— Haruki Murakami

In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can…

— Rose George

I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

— Clive Owen

'Dark Knight' shot in London and Chicago, and we were on that for so long.

— Ng Chin Han

I'm intrigued by my own schizoid background which involves Scotland, Ireland and London.

— Jim Kerr

But now behold, In the quick forge and working-house of thought, How London doth pour out her citizens!

— William Shakespeare

In London November isn't a month, it's a state of mind.

— Antal Szerb

I queued 24 hours to see Coldplay, at Koko in London, at the start of the X&Y tour.

— Ben Lovett

Home will always be London. Theres something unique about the British. Its about cheekiness.

— Jaime Murray

I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.

— Simon Callow

We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.

— Sam Riley

I could probably live in London if you had better surf.

— Luke Hemsworth

There's a lot of Irish in London and have been for years - they're very much a part of the city.

— Brian Gleeson

Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In London, love and scandal are considered the best sweeteners of tea.

— John Osborne

In America they make too much fuss of poets; in London they make too little.

— Caitlin Thomas

Living in London is very different to living in a little town in Germany.

— Per Mertesacker

Just as London is not one endless afternoon tea, L.A. isn't all super-fit, health food-crazy freaks.

— Suki Waterhouse