Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by British Authors - Page 2

I have deep sympathy with the hundreds of my constituents who fear that legislation for same-sex marriage will profoundly encroach - although this may be unintended - on their right to live according to their faith.

The only criteria I have with every new album is to keep moving on from what I've done before.

I've met Theresa May, and I think she's a good person. I'm not someone who goes, 'Ooooh, boooo, the Tories,' or 'Ooooh, boo' anyone, actually. You sit down and have a sensible conversation, and she is really, really capable of having a sensible conversation.

It's never too late to get fit; it's never too late to feel good and confident and change the way you eat and train. Just give it a go and momentum will take you the rest of the way.

Life is hard enough. Life is always going to be hard, so you need to push for what you want.

I guess you go back to the old writer's adage that when they do your stuff in Hollywood, you smile sweetly upon your credit - if there is one - and enjoy the show.

I think Mighty Moe really got me into a whole different style of MCing. There were a lot of people with simple lyrics and simple word play- he really pushed out the boat.

If you are able to enjoy what you do and doing it the best that you can, then you're on the right track.

The majority of us don't do what's best for us all the time because life is complicated and busy - and creating excuses is so much easier than getting on with the business of wellbeing.

I've worn a chainmail suit to swim with sharks, glided over Cirencester with a James Bond-style paramotor strapped to my back, eaten hippo steaks and had a bat dive down my bra. And all the while, I had to face the camera and smile.

I grew up on an estate in Peckham.

My own valuation moment: When I started 'Antiques Roadshow,' John Benjamin looked at my engagement ring, which is Victorian. I sat there as a visitor would and he dated it, talked me through the stone, which is an opal, and which mine it would have been from.

I am not interested in fighting against 50 wimps like the Klitschkos do.

I just want to live each moment to the fullest. And enjoy life.

We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.

As a past attorney general I consider a WTO Brexit to be a disaster for us as, leaving aside the economic damage it will cause, it would trash our reputation for observing our international obligations - as it must lead to our breaching the Good Friday Agreement with Ireland on the Irish border.

I always think there's some value in saying no with a smile.

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

Politics has become so polarised. We're stuck between the Ukip-lite Tories and Jeremy Corbyn. How is that a choice?

Patriotism is something I wear in my heart not on my head.

Everyone is comparing lives on social media and wants the perfect body, perfect image, perfect outfit, perfect life - we're striving for this perfection, and it's so unhealthy because there's no such thing as perfection.

As the world has changed through globalisation and technology, it has left many feeling left behind.

The feeling between two fighters is profound. We go places where normal people don't go. You smell a man's blood, it smells like rust. You get into a clench, you feel his strength, you feel his desperation, he feels yours. You're sharing this.

I have this one room - it has a TV, a sofa, some candles. I close the door, sit down and lose myself.

Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.

Action requires focus and priorities and these inherently require compromises and pragmatism.

Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see who mindlessly repeats it. Those who do, they recognise as their true supporters.

There's some truth that roles for older women are harder to come by, but it's wrong for actors to monopolise the ageist thing.

Diplomacy is essential if we are to find peaceful resolutions in times of tension.

There's a very big difference between being fit and being fight fit. Sparring is the only way to get fight fit. It's a very important part of boxing and something that I do as regularly as possible.

Whether we like it or not, there are moments in history when pessimism is the appropriate response.

Play a jungle record from 1993 to someone in 1989 and it would have sounded like something so new that it would have challenged them to rethink what music was, or could be.

The spread of information technology and the long-term decline in the cost of computing power have created opportunities that simply did not exist before. Airbnb, for example, could not have existed before the Internet.

My perfect day is to get up at 5:30 A.M., jump on my scooter and go to the beach.

The truth is that those who join gangs - more often than not they are young men in their later teens - often do come from the most difficult family backgrounds, from an environment where they feel neglected and unwanted. Gang membership can bring a perverse sense of belonging which they may not have ever got at home.

Joe Biden is compromised by China. He has taken billions of dollars from the Chinese government in the form of payments to his son's businesses.

It's important for every child to have a bit of a naughty streak.

One piece of advice: unless you're an electrician, do not wear your mobile on your belt.

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

With darts it's just one against one, it's blow for blow. The only thing I could compare it to is boxing. It's dead exciting. You're reacting to each other, the adrenaline's pumping. You don't feel calm at all. But it's all about being able to win when you're pumped up. People say you don't play the player; I play the player every time.

The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.

Hospitality is central to the restaurant business, yet it's a hard idea to define precisely. Mostly, it involves being nice to people and making them feel welcome. You notice it when it's there, and you particularly notice it when it isn't. A single significant lapse in this area can be your dominant impression of an entire meal.

For me, green is more about cycling than recycling.

I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable.

Playing games can contribute to making you happy, perhaps even without therapy.

Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams.

People say, 'We remember the good times.' Well I remember the bad times.

Legal aid is central to righting wrongs and rectifying injustice.

We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a loving cat or dog from an animal shelter instead of buying animals from breeders or pet shops.

International cooperation is vital to keeping our globe safe, commerce flowing, and our planet habitable.

I've never had a piercing before. I thought I'd be cool.

If you're gonna do a job, do it properly.

In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.

Boldness is sexy, especially when it's done with a wink.

One of the great things about journalism, at its best I mean, is its forensic, investigative truth seeking instincts.

Life is about overcoming self-doubt. But you don't grow if you don't question yourself.

A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers.

Cooking is a philosophy; it's not a recipe.

Not one single country in the world is dependent for their trade wholly on WTO guidelines - they aren't 'rules,' because the sanctions for breaching the guidelines are puny.

Great political leaders risk unpopularity, patiently explain their case and confront prejudice, bigotry and vested interests.