Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by English Authors - Page 9

For the record, I've never taken a bung in my life. I might have enjoyed a meal or a bottle of wine on an agent or two but that is it. I was earning £1.5m a year, so I didn't need a little bit extra from an agent. It would have been madness.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

If I scroll down my Instagram replies, the tenth one down features a racist emoji - which is not unusual. So I follow the protocol, which is to block the user and report the message under the category of 'hate speech and symbols.' Then I am told that an emoji with a monkey and a banana is not considered racist.

I've never met a happy atheist.

My son William is only nine but he's had four public schools so far, one in Cornwall, one when I was at Sheffield, one in Beckenham when I was at Palace.

I found comfort in aggression, in breaking through false walls and challenging norms.

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.

I use music to focus, like an internal motor.

In knockout football, it's one bad game and you're out.

I would like to think that an artist's mental health is taken into consideration more now.

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

I'm absolutely pedantic about language; it must go back to my schools.

I'd like to be a revolutionary leader, part of the team that brings freedom to the people of the Earth.

I'm a gamer at heart and always have been. I'm also a filmmaker.

I've been gambling since the age of 12. Horses, dogs, dice, roulette, you name it.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

If you're on an indie label, you're not getting enough money. And if you're on a major, you're not getting enough support.

The bicycle might just be the greatest of all inventions. It empowers the human machine, and with no input beyond perhaps a trendy isotonic health drink in a brightly coloured bottle at an inflated price.

I don't have the looks of angel, I don't have the body of a goddess, I'm kind of invisible.

If I was sugar-free, I'd be psycho.

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

Sometimes I've had to put myself on a diet.

I think with 'Silk' there's something there for everyone: it's a legal drama, but it's human as well - you get to dip into the lives of the barristers and clerks.

It's difficult not to like Justin Gabriel when you see him in the ring. He's one of those guys like an Evan Bourne or a Rey Mysterio, a high flyer.

Daffodils, blossom and tulips jostle to the front of the stage in April. I love these early perennials: they may be more modest but they nearly all have that one special quality that a plant needs to transform your affections from admiration to affection - charm.

My shyness probably defined the first 30 years of my life, really. It's a crippling thing. It can be very lonely knowing that you've got things to say, but you daren't say them.

Getting stronger and fitter by playing games is only going to help me.

There's always someone waiting to take your job so you've got to crack on and do your best.

My closest friends are Roger Moore, who is an actor, Sean Connery, who is an actor, Terry O'Neill, who is a photographer, Johnny Gold, who was the boss of Tramp, and Leslie Bricusse, who is a composer.

Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.

Twenty years ago I brought young, unknown film maker Joe Wright with me to a private show of 'Nil by Mouth.' Gary Oldman asked me if he was any good. I said, 'give it a few years and he'll direct you in a film that will win you an Oscar.'

When something goes wrong in your life, it doesn't finish you, and you should become braver, knowing that you've got to go for things in life and don't regret because you didn't try to be as good as you might be.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

Everyone should get sacked at least once. It forces you to look at yourself... It is important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life. Perfection doesn't exist.

I think you just have to be comfortable in your own skin, and when I do stand-up or the show I'm in a really good mood.

Calling Batman 'the Dark Knight' is like calling Papa Smurf 'the Blue Patriarch':you're not fooling anyone.

My father was a politician. My grandfather was a politician too, maybe it's an innate idea of representing people that we have in our family. I won't go into politics. I think I can provide the voice for the voiceless through law.

Loyalty is a big part of football, and it shows if you are a real man or not.

For me, I have the highest amount of respect for DJs. There's a real skill set and ability to hold a crowd's attention for four to five hours, especially with an R&B/hip-hop and open-format music.

The key to success is hard work. You want to feel as comfortable as you can going into the game, and you do that by preparing well.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Adrenaline has always been my thing.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Anyone can lie. One need only have the requisite intention - in other words, to say something with the intention to deceive. Faking, by contrast, is an achievement. To fake things you have to take people in, yourself included.

You have to believe in yourself. If you don't, no one else will.

I look at myself in the mirror and think I'm gorgeous.

The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.

When I'm interviewing on the sofa for 'This Morning' it just feels like an intimate chat. Yes, there can be a producer talking through your earpiece but it all becomes second nature after a while.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

My loyalty was questioned for a long time when I was younger, and that's understandable. I found it very difficult to conform and I wanted to do it all my way.

I wouldn't want to get my pigeon chest out in front of anyone. I don't think the world needs it. I'd probably get a yellow card anyway.

If I can bring happiness to people all around the world, then I will try my best to do so.

I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black.

For me, a great meal is a collision of company, environment, ambient temperature, the waiters, where you are emotionally.

Mad World's distinctive percussion intro was played on a Roland CR-78 drum machine. We first recorded it at twice the speed, but it sounded great slowed down.

I live by 'Everything in moderation.'

I just got a lot of expectations and pressure on me, but it is what it is. I've got the best job in the world, I work two or three hours a day and get paid handsomely for it.

The key to nature's therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There's amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted - but that's not your act of creation, it's your act of joining in.

Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.