Bristol Quote by Beth Gibbons

Although wherever you are going is always in front of you, there is no such thing as straight ahead.

— Jeanette Winterson

I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag!

— Gary Player

“if any foreign or strange thing be put into it, it is straight corrupted and that which is sought shall not be obtained.”

— John Ferguson

Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.

— Anthony Adamson

I was never part of the Bristol scene. My sound was a Knowle West sound. Massive Attack wouldn't come to my area because they…

— Tricky

Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in…

— Hugo Weaving

“Don’t you feel how connected we are?” I ask. “If I break your heart, I break mine.” A sweet smile spreads over her lips…

— Kennedy Ryan

Bristol is known for having quite a good success rate of music - Massive Attack and Portishead, that drum and bass, dance music scene.…

— Jacob Anderson

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was…

— Brian Blessed

I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I left. I…

— Ben Elliot

I'm a Bristol person too, I lived in Bristol during the war.

— Julian Glover

In January 1962, when I was the author of one and a half unperformed plays, I attended a student production of 'The Birthday Party'…

— Tom Stoppard