Top 930 Quotes & Sayings by Welsh Authors - Page 4

When I was younger, I had some close friends who always loved European football, and Real Madrid at that time were the dominant force. I remember family holidays when we used to go to Spain, and we'd bring back replica shirts of Real Madrid and pretend to be the players when we played in the park.

It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

I get so upset about news stories and the cruelty in the world. I can't process it. And I just think there's enough of it out there. It doesn't need me to add to it. Nobody needs Ruth Jones's take on nasty.

A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement.

You have to be your biggest believer.

It was a little bit strange as an English woman cast in 'Rebellion.' I read up about the events and, honestly, I knew very little about it to begin with it. It wasn't something that they cover in English schools at all.

As a player, you just pick up your kit, go out, and train or wait for the ref to blow the whistle.

I had a lot of anger because I didn't like who I was when I was off the field. I used to relish the chance to try and hurt somebody in a legal way, and in the game of rugby you were able to do that.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional.

I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art.

I never considered myself a songwriter, but now since I've been working with Nick Lowe, I am contributing to an extent. But I'm the guitarist and he's not, so we compliment each other in a way.

I defy any British actor to deny they've not stood in front of the mirror and said: 'Bond, James Bond.'

The 'Team Up North' is something that we talk about every single day. And the best way to respect a rivalry is to work it every day. And we do.

But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.

I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. It reminds me of when we were just starting out because we would open for other bands in the beginning.

Out of the fires of desperation burn hope and solidarity.

Other sportsmen have confided in me that they're gay. The advice I give is that coming out is great for you as a person, but that you also have to remember you're a role model. As a sportsman you take the money and the glory, but you also take the responsibility that comes with it and make sure the stories that follow are positive.

If you've got a camera, go to a war zone and tell a story.

One of the good things about globalization is it has created a single international music community, and I feel very much part of it.

Yes, I've heard of the 'Mad Men' comparisons, but I like to think 'The Hour' has its own distinctive voice. Although it is set in 1956, I have tried to give it a contemporary edge, and its themes of love, passion, romance, fury, professional jealousy, and personal failure are universal, I think.

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

No lens is quick enough to track the movement of the human body. The molecules are always moving.

People may have thought that we changed a lot. I don't think we came in with that intention. Certain things I can't stomach. But I tried to be as collegial as possible. When you sign that contract, you're tied to that opera house to try your best. But every different team will play with a different intensity.

I've had toiletries explode in my bag and go all over my clothes a few times but I wouldn't let something like that ruin a holiday for me.

I couldn't afford to go to drama school in London. Then I met with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and I fell in love with the city. It was one of the few schools that offered me a place. It didn't do me any harm.

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

If everybody was a bank clerk, then I would be a rebel. But if everyone was a rebel, then I promise you I would go out of my way to be a bank clerk.

This obsession with celebrity culture is really unhealthy. I don't want to live my life like that, and I don't want to be a typical pop star.

You've got to have a dream... if you don't have any big dreams, nothing happens.

Everything happens every night for this audience, and it's a very special occasion to come to the theatre.

I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.'

I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself.

If I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.

When I come away from the ground, I'm quite quiet, but I like match day - that's when I come alive.

You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.

I am saying that in Wales here we have a very clear election commitment and I hope, and I will express this view, I hope that every individual member of the Labour Party, will understand that and will strive to achieve unity so that we can deliver the yes vote in the Autumn.

I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.

Boxing's a very lonely sport. That ring is the loneliest place in the world.

If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.

Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.

Football is easy when things are going well, but when its not, it becomes the biggest test.

Competing in the Premier League is more difficult than winning trophies in plenty of countries abroad.

Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa.

Since I was 12 or 13, I have been taking movie meetings finding a project right for me because I wanted to try it. Craig gave us the script - it was set in Wales, it is really British humour. I just loved it.

I have, like, two best friends, one that I grew up with who's not an actor, and one that is an actor that lives near me in Wales, and they're my friends. I don't have any other friends, really, in the industry. I have acquaintances and people that I will go out for coffee with.

People say, 'You're like Dickens', but I'm not like Dickens. Zadie Smith is a Dickensian writer because she's writing about society now, just as Dickens was writing about his society.

It's annoying and disappointing that people think I just keep clubs up.

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

The script of 'Shogun' was so tight that you could not take a word out of a sentence, you could not take a sentence out of a scene, and you certainly couldn't take out a scene without putting ripples right through the back or the front of the overall story.

Liar' is the best work I've done.

The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs... and it'd be great to share them with someone else.

I am not shy.

'Shogun' was a mini-series, so even though it went on television, we filmed it like a movie.