Welsh Quotes · Page 3

I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and theres the Welsh connection.

— Ian Rush

Richard Burton was Welsh; Tom Jones is Welsh, and we Welshmen like to think of ourselves as heroes - on screen and…

— Timothy Dalton

Don't ask me about emotions in the Welsh dressing room. I'm someone who cries when he watches Little House on the Prairie.

— Bob Norster

I do think the Welsh have a special enthusiasm for death. My father's always going to funerals of people he doesn't know…

— Ruth Jones

“Give me a sight of you to take back to England with me. I am not speaking Welsh, though indeed it is…

— Margiad Evans

I'm a hugely proud Welsh person. I just love it - it's something very special, being Welsh.

— Ruth Jones

“[Arthur to Merlin] I'm the Prince of Wales, and you're Welsh. I can do whatever I bloody well like to you.”

— FayJay

Restoring the Welsh language in Wales is nothing less than a revolution. It is only through revolutionary means that we can succeed.

— Saunders Lewis

“In the yard of the inn, Daffy Cadwaladyr introduced himself. "Short for Davyd," he said pleasantly. The Londoner looked as if she'd…

— Emma Donoghue

I am the Earl of Ravensmoor. And you are? (Sparhawk) Totally freaking out. (Taryn) Tis a most peculiar name, milady. Are you…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports,…

— Helen McCrory

The Census Bureau is thinking of creating a new category because so many kids don't know how to describe themselves using the…

— Richard Rodriguez

Because it's my first language, all the literature that I've read and all the things that I've been inspired by that have…

— Gwenno

I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations'…

— Matthew Rhys

There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are…

— Michael Ignatieff

There are many Welsh who are taciturn, truthful, well formed, open minded, handsome and peaceful, even if no particular individual immediately springs…

— Auberon Waugh

“She needed a distraction. “Was that your mother?” The splashing stopped. “Are you going to converse while I bathe?” “Why not?” “Feels…

— Angela Quarles

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

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

“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

You may be right. I think it was round about Christmas when I got my Welsh dragon tattoo.” At that, Tessa had…

— Cassandra Clare

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

My mother was Welsh and I loved going to Wales every summer, where Uncle Les had a farm. My mother had seven…

— Keith Allen

“You turn the lights on and off here and if you can’t sleep and want something to read there are books in…

— Shannon MacLeod

“Our Welsh teacher thinks he is young. He tells us that the Welsh for skiving in town is ‘mitchio yn y dre’.”

— Joe Dunthorne

I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties.

— Andrew Flintoff

It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents.

— John Tiffany

I like the Stereophonics. I know the lead singer, Kelly Jones, and there's the Welsh connection.

— Ian Rush

We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.

— Matthew Rhys

We moved to America when I was young, but we were always very Welsh in our home. The humor, food, traditions. Very…

— Richard Brake

I'm not Welsh and I didn't know that much about Dylan Thomas , and I saw that he's a huge icon of Welsh-ness.

— Tom Hollander

It sounds weird now, but I was doing web videos to teach people the Welsh language.

— Gareth Evans

As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at…

— Matthew Rhys

What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.

— Ronnie Corbett

After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbors Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds like Wizard.

— Maureen Johnson

My mum's family are from Blaenau Ffestiniog, the slate town. My grandfather was Elis Humphreys Roberts, so that's quite Welsh isn't it?

— Simon Fowler

To get any win, especially against a Welsh side, is very satisfying.

— James Haskell

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

— Richard Burton

That's acting for you. 'White Queen' has English playing Welsh and vice versa.

— Aneurin Barnard