Famous Quotes & Sayings

I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.

Noel Redding

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.

Carol Vorderman

Change is one of my favourite words.

Ma Jian

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

Benny Hill

Did you ever notice that everyone in favour of birth control has already been born ?

Jane Welsh Carlyle

When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.

Julianne Moore

I did find it particularly difficult to do Broadway. It was not my favourite way to perform. When I do theatre, I like it to be smaller. I like the audience to be closer; I like it to be less presentational.

Michael Buble

I think this might be my favourite thing I've ever done,

Sophie Hannah

I've got lots of favourite authors, but I would say Nicci French because I look more forward to reading her next new book than any other author.

I rode him in work on Wednesday and he felt good. He's progressing and he's a very nice horse, but the favourite looks a very good horse. I rode in the race last year and I'm looking forward to Saturday.

C. S. Lewis

In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are.

Sophie Turner

I would love to work with Jack Nicholson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Shannon and James Franco in the future. I think those actors are amazing, and they are my favourite actors by far.

Mike Birbiglia

One of my favourite movies is 'Annie Hall' because it's about the silver lining of the break-up.

Jess Glynne

I have a secret passion for horse riding. I haven't done it for ages, but I used to have a horse. I love it; it's one of my favourite things.

Aravind Adiga

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.

Yotam Ottolenghi

My all-time favourite classic use of ricotta is in gnudi: fluffy, cheesy dumplings of almost ethereal, feathery lightness.

Douglas Hurd

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

Anthony Eden

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

Anthony Daniels

If we can sympathise only with the utterly blameless, then we can sympathise with no one, for all of us have contributed to our own misfortunes - it is a consequence of the human condition that we should. But it does nobody any favours to disguise from him the origins of his misfortunes, and pretend that they are all external to him in circumstances in which they are not.

Ang Lee

San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.

Andie MacDowell

My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.

Lilly Singh

Growing up, I idolised Madhuri Dixit. She's my favourite actress, and I used to pretend I was her all the time.

Tony Benn

At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.

Anita Shreve

My favourite books series as a young child was the Frank L. Baum 'Wizard of Oz' series. They were beautifully written, oversized fat books with wonderful type and illustrations.

Gina Bellman

My all-time favourite programme is 'Seinfeld;' I could just sit and watch that over and over again.

Zoe Kravitz

The '60s is one of my favourite eras in general. I love '60s music, and I've always wanted to do a period film.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Chickpeas are one of my favourite things to serve with chorizo or lamb meatballs; they also work brilliantly as the quiet partner in a vibrant alphonso mango salad.

Becki Newton

I've managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!

Virat Kohli

As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.

Boris Becker

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading.

Jamie Bell

My favourite superhero is obviously Batman because he's the sexiest. But I can't imagine myself as Batman.

My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.