Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Capaldi

Next to the drawing - I'm not really even trying to write a song - I had written a letter and this character who had become Mr. Fantasy.

Jack Straw

Obviously, it is a matter of grave concern that a British citizen has been killed,

Alan Bates

No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants.

Anthony Powell

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Simon Jenkins

Given that her mother lived to 101, the Queen is clearly in for the long haul. Therefore the Prince of Wales must simply wait. We can only wish his mother all health and happiness and get used to the fact that British heads of state will, in future, be very senior citizens.

David Warner

I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.

Paul Nurse

I enjoyed my time at primary school because my teachers made the world seem such an interesting place and encouraged my innate curiosity.

Jane Asher

I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on.

Antonia Fraser

I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling.

John Deacon

I have a few personal ambitions for the band.

I have met him (the British hostage) and told him not to worry as he will be released.

Tony Blair

I have listened and I have learned, ... And I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.

Honor Blackman

I have a Calvin Klein travel handbag with four compartments that fold up. You can keep your tickets, passport and documents all together.

Keith Emerson

I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit.

Charles Kennedy

I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.

Gurinder Chadha

If I'm in a gathering of filmmakers, I'm first and foremost a British Indian; if I'm in a gathering of British Indians, I'm a woman director. There are so many sides to who I am that I change all the time.

John Thaw

I feel very proud to have created a character that is so respected. On the other hand, as an actor, I have more freedom now to do other things.

Mark Knopfler

I finally got a job teaching English in a college, which I was delighted to have because it proved to be a real steadying influence.

Charles Kennedy

If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.

Julia Ormond

I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.

Julia Ormond

I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!'

Dennis Quaid

I didn't want to throw like an actress.

Fred Couples

I did play a practice round with (Nicklaus) at the British Open and I played really, really well that day, which is useful to that point.

Geri Halliwell

I didn't want to leave the Spice Girls and immediately have a record on the back of that fame, so I waited to find out who I am and what I want.

Joseph Fiennes

I'd like to be a passion fruit. Not because it's passionate, but because someone I know is mad about them and has got me onto them.

Jalal Talabani

I did not say that the British troops will pull out because I am not the commander-in-chief of the British military,

Tracey Ullman

I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying.

Claire Bloom

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

Leslie Banks

I'd love to be able to transition what I do into screenplays that ultimately wind up on the silver screen, television series, and like film projects.

Sarah Sutton

I'd like to write a novel more than anything. I'm reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles at the moment, which is depressing me no end!

I do NOT think that PC gaming is over... it will always be the choice of the gaming enthusiast who is willing to put in the extra effort for a richer, more rewarding experience.

I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence.

Bruce Schneier

ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes. If the British national ID card can't be faked, it will be the first on the planet.