“From the earliest times the Welsh have been looked upon as an unclean people. It is thus that they have preserved their… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story and was given slightly to malapropisms.… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you'll work out pretty… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
Weirdly, when I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home… — Iwan Rheon Copy Share Image
No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I've been lucky that I've performed with a lot of the classical people I've wanted to work with so I'd like to… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
Without the presence of black people in America, European-Americans would not be "white"-- they would be Irish, Italians, Poles, Welsh, and other… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
We're both Welshmen and growing up, when Howard Marks was finally caught, it was all over the news. He did an interview… — Rhys Ifans Copy Share Image
Some accents people - internationally - can't understand, also they come with baggage. London means a certain thing, Liverpool means a certain… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“Welsh, they call us, from the Saxon word waelisc, meaning a foreigner. About the race-course, I cannot tell you. But if some… — Richard Llewellyn Copy Share Image
I do what I can, but I'll always give it a shot. You're not going to see me playing a Welsh character… — Aidan Gillen Copy Share Image
It was in Cardiff, and the cast was 60 per cent Welsh-speaking. It's the first time I've walked into a rehearsal room… — Bryn Terfel Copy Share Image
“She needed a distraction. “Was that your mother?” The splashing stopped. “Are you going to converse while I bathe?” “Why not?” “Feels… — Angela Quarles Copy Share Image
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men, and thinking to himself that 'they had looked at and smelled death all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was… — John Prescott Copy Share Image
For me as a Welsh actor, Richard Burton is one of my biggest idols. And I've got so many: Peter O'Toole, Laurence… — Aneurin Barnard Copy Share Image
I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
One of my greatest sadnesses at the prospective break-up of the Union is that it will set English, Welsh and Northern Irish… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Welsh is now almost a national language in Wales. The Scottish dialects are reviving to some extent. I don't think it's a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times.… — Gary Speed Copy Share Image
I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.” At that, Tessa had… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
