London Quotes: Capturing the Essence of the Iconic City (Page 6)

"There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society"

Irvine Welsh, Novelist

"I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period"

Rick Wakeman, Musician

"However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of any deficiencies in our legal system"

Kenneth Clarke, Politician

"The city of London, within the walls, occupies a space of only 370 acres, and is but the hundred and fortieth part of the extent covered by the whole metropolis"

Henry Mayhew, Journalist

"An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling"

Donald Sinden, Actor

"In London there was an article about all these girls bending it like Beckham, and in India there's this big wave of girls playing football. Wow! I can't believe a movie's done this!"

Parminder Nagra, Actress

"I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them"

Henry Hudson, Explorer

"If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq"

Kenneth Clarke, Politician

"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting"

Pierce Brosnan, Actor

"Like many Americans my thoughts and prayers are with the people of London. My deepest sympathies are extended to those who lost a loved one in the recent terror attacks"

Doc Hastings, Politician

"I lived in London for eight years and I like to say that I am two parts American and one part British because I lived there for a third of my life"

Devon Aoki, Model

"I finished my studies in England, I opened my studio in London, and the first one-man exhibit I had on Bond Street, which was opened by the Austrian ambassador"

Felix de Weldon, Sculptor

"Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges"

Ernie Pyle, Journalist

"It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire"

Ernie Pyle, Journalist

"I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life"

Debra Messing, Actress

"My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain"

Diane Abbott, Politician

"I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea"

Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader

"I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London"

Leslie Caron, Actress

"London is one of the most enchanting places I've ever been on this planet"

Don Johnson, Actor

"Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing"

Cliff Stearns, Politician

"It was just a typical London flat, but it was in a great neighborhood. It was across from the Playboy Club, diagonally. From one balcony you could read the time from Big Ben, and from the other balcony you could watch the bunnies go up and down"

Harry Nilsson, Musician

"At the time, we thought it was a nice way to say something unique about the group to make us different from all the other bands kicking around in London"

Gerry Beckley, Musician

"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important"

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Musician

"In London they don't like you if you're still alive"

Harvey Fierstein, Actor

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage"

Christian Slater, Actor

"It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests"

John Amery, Politician

"On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser"

Cecil Beaton, Photographer

"They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be"

Charlotte Church, Musician

"For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!"

David Friedman, Musician

"Of course I've done musicals here in London"

Norman Wisdom, Comedian

"I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night"

Norman Wisdom, Comedian

"If I've been here a long time, I think: I must go to London and speak to someone or see a bus"

Julian Clary, Comedian

"In course of time the Brothers Cowper removed the manufacture of their printing machines from London, to Manchester. There they found skilled and energetic workmen, ready to carry their plans into effect"

James Nasmyth, Inventor

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