Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by British Authors

Nothing is definite, nothing is finished, nothing is determined.

I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Personally, I prefer the dark side.

For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set, and you're working out, you're going to feel good.

I think what women think is sexy is what is sexy. Girls eating pizza are massively sexy.

Never complain and never explain.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.

The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.

Quality of life actually begins at home - it's in your street, around your community.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

If you poke the Russian bear with a stick ,he will respond.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Basically, if you go looking for trouble, it'll come find you.

We're all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly.

I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

I'm just looking for an angel with a broken wing.

My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.

To me, 'sexy' is a kind of beauty, a kind of self-expression, one that is to be celebrated.

When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family.

The only certainty we have is that those who are certain of a way to arrive at worldly salvation, are committed enough to organize around this, and seek power to enforce it, will invariably descend into a bloody totalitarian fascism.

I believe Britishness is defined not on ethnic and exclusive grounds but through shared values; our history of tolerance, openness and internationalism; and our commitment to democracy and liberty, to civic duty and the public space.

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

I'd describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in God.

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that.

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind - it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally.

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

The older you get, I have to say, the funnier you find life. That's the only way to go.

I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.

What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with Laurel and Hardy, they're both the funny guy.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Once conscription was introduced during the First World War, and once Britain's wars ceased being confined to the empire or to continental Europe and began seriously threatening our own shores and safety, it became much easier to denounce any anti-war agitation and argument as inherently irresponsible and unpatriotic.

You need to mourn, you need to be upset, to give yourself time to replenish. Then you use it all as fuel to get stronger.

With parenting, like any other skill in life, practice makes perfect.

What you see is not what others see. We inhabit parallel worlds of perception, bounded by our interests and experience. What is obvious to some is invisible to others.

Our police officers are on the front line of a battle to maintain control of our streets.

Before I fought Adonis Stevenson in 2013, I had 4lbs to shift in a morning before weighing in. I had zero energy left to train, so the nutritional adviser said the only way was to drag it from my body in a hot bath full of salts.

The workshop to me always means great atmosphere, working, smell of wood, dust and, at the end of the day, you've created something.

Renewable energy is not unaffordable as the fossil fuel giants would like us to believe.

Life isn't black or white, it's all sorts of shades of grey.

It doesn't matter to me who the opponent is, I'll be ready in all areas.

I've had a Hindu upbringing. There's a lot about it I think is cool. Temples are amazing. It's a nice vibe when people are praying. And there's lots about it where I understand why they believe those things. But I'm not practising.

It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing people who have been in jail - after all, I was a member of Parliament - and visiting them there during their sentence.

The NHS needs to change fundamentally. It's a fragmented service when it should be joined-up. It's a last-minute crisis intervention service when it should be about prevention. It's a sickness service when it should have promoting health as its core. Crucially, it doesn't do enough to help people to help themselves.

I think Weetabix and full-fat milk is what it is all about.