Welsh Quotes
55 quotes by 50 authors
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God defend me from that Welsh fairy, Lest he transform me to a piece of cheese!
— William Shakespeare
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Snow-capped Snowdon has been an iconic Welsh image for centuries. It is shocking to think that in just 14 years, snow on this great mountain…
— Lembit Opik
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We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English and German Protestants;…
— Robert Graves
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He's an American, qualified to play for Wales because he has a Welsh grandmother, who was on the bench against Switzerland.
— Guy Mowbray
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I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh - I'm English.
— Christian Bale
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I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations' early in the…
— Matthew Rhys
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You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.
— Bonnie Tyler
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Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or…
— Obafemi Awolowo
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Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say,…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Lieutenant Welsh remembered walking around among the sleeping men, and thinking to himself that 'they had looked at and smelled death all around them all…
— Stephen Ambrose
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I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales,…
— John Prescott
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It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature…
— Jan Morris
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The Welsh... I mean, what are they for?
— Anne Robinson
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But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.
— Richard Cobden
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The Welsh are not like any other people in Britain, and they know how separate they are. They are the Celts, the tough little wine-dark…
— Laurie Lee
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Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.
— Mark Twain
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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
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It's a really exciting time to be involved in Welsh rugby.
— Jonah Lomu
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I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a…
— Sophia Myles
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I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never…
— Helen McCrory
Who Wrote These Welsh Quotes
50 authors contributed a total of 55 Welsh Quotes, led by these top contributors: