Quotes by Welsh/Welsh authors (page 1)

"People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored"

"And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth"

Owen Glendower, Royalty

"What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in"

David Lloyd George, Statesman

"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman"

Richard Burton, Actor

"Diplomats were invented simply to waste time"

David Lloyd George, Statesman

"From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance"

Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman

"I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening"

Tom Jones, Musician

"You can't be a sexy person unless you have something sexy to offer. With me, it's my voice: the way that I sing, the way I express myself when I sing"

Tom Jones, Musician

"I like to drink to suit my location"

Tom Jones, Musician

"I have been a multitude of shapes, Before I assumed a consistent form"

Taliesin, Poet

"A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light"

Henry Morgan, Criminal

"I haven't become an American! Having a house in LA is just where the house is. It's just a convenience thing living there. I carry Wales around inside me. I'd consider moving back there one day. I never really left"

Tom Jones, Musician

"There's plenty for me to do. There are more albums. I'll record as long as I can and as long as my voice works as well as it does now and for as long as people want to hear me"

Tom Jones, Musician

"I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid"

Tom Jones, Musician

"As for the music business itself, the key things have not changed that much. It operates like any business and money still keeps things moving"

Tom Jones, Musician

"Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself"

Tom Jones, Musician

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul"

David Lloyd George, Statesman

"Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of this nation, a boldness and confidence in speaking and answering, even in the presence of their princes and chieftains"

Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman

"Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture"

Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman

"These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime"

Giraldus Cambrensis, Clergyman

"From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked"

Taliesin, Poet

"I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world"

Taliesin, Poet

"Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future"

Aneurin Bevan, Politician

"He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle"

Aneurin Bevan, Politician

"This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job"

Ian Hislop, Editor

"Growing up in Wales was a pretty Draconian experience with religion"

John Cale, Musician

"Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well"

Bonnie Tyler, Musician

"Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children"

Paula Yates, Entertainer

"An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible"

Henry Morton Stanley, Explorer

"Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. And these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that"

Jon Ronson, Journalist

"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give"

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress

"Love-making is an art which must be studied"

Ivor Novello, Musician

"A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself"

Henry Morgan, Criminal

"I have had some pretty wild nights! I think the media keeps a very close eye on what people are up to these days. I was out with George Clooney a few nights ago and we had a great time"

Tom Jones, Musician