Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Stross

I don't do football. (Grew up in Leeds in the 1970s. Football there was indellibly associated with the National Front, i.e. violent fascist skinheads.)

Alan Pardew

I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.

Alan Pardew

Shut your noise, you old c***!

Alan Page

How on earth can otherwise sensible people get so involved in a football game? You could measure the lasting impact on the lives of the people who played it at just about zero.

Alan Page

The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

Alan Hansen

I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.

Alan Hansen

I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

Alan Green

Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.

Alan Green

Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn't playing

Conor Maynard

I am my own audience. I always picture me and my mates and think, 'What would we enjoy listening to?'

Stephen Mangan

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

Dave Gahan

Depeche Mode have never got over their teenage awkwardness with each other. We're still like that. Mates but not mates. That awkwardness is there, only now we have families and kids.

Dorothy Thompson

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John Martin

If you remember the film Spartacus, when the Romans said 'stand up Spartacus', all his mates stood up. If we all do that, they will be no target and the threat will disappear.

Lena Headey

I miss that London thing of walking outside and bumping into mates and going, 'Do you want to get a pint?'

Libba Bray

She's no beauty, mate

Helen Fisher

Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.

Shane Warne

I am no dummy, mate, that's for sure.

James Salter

West Pointers tend to be rigorously honest - more than necessary, in my view.

Nina Hoss

In Germany, actors tend to be more laid-back and take orders from the director: 'Tell me what you want.' I'm more into collaboration. So are Americans.

Denis Norden

A counter tenor is anyone who can count to ten.

Bill Anderson

Power thrills, consistency kills.

Andy Serkis

When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.

Nobu Matsuhisa

When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.

Boris Becker

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.

Boris Becker

The fifth set is not about tennis, it's about nerves.

Jane Kaczmarek

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.