Birmingham Quotes

44 Birmingham quotes by 37 unique authors

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I… — Louise Brown
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. — Lee Child
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. — Winston Churchill
We have taken a major step forward in providing a new high quality education facility at Longbridge. Not only will the new Bournville College shape… — Mike Murray
This is about putting education absolutely in the centre of enterprise and then using the traditions of Birmingham to inspire and grow. If you have… — Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham
I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute… — Unknown Author
Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them. — Paul Merson
I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to go to Birmingham… — Don Helms
I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant… — Ruben Studdard
When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game.… — Willie Mays
At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very… — Willie Mays
I played with the Birmingham Black Barons. I was making 500 at 14. That was a lot of money in those days — Willie Mays
One has not great hopes from Birmingham. I always say there is something direful in the sound. — Jane Austen
All I've got on my iPod is every single Queen song and every single Judas Priest song. Queen were an incredible heavy metal band. I… — Rob Halford
While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the… — Roland Gift
As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. We have a big game against Birmingham on Saturday and that is where… — Bryan Robson
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I don't know if that result's enough to life Birmingham off the bottom of the table, although it'll certainly take them above Sunderland — Mike Ingham
I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord"… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The provincial intellectual is doomed to arguing at low level... there is still no Australian literary world, not in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide. It is some… — Clive James
Byrd, the former Klu [sic] Klux Klan Kleagle, is taking a stand over states' rights, or his rights over State, or some such. Whatever the… — Mark Steyn
This time at Birmingham turned me into a general biologist, and ever since then I have always tried to take a biological approach to any… — Paul Nurse

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