London Quotes - Page 20

Italy and London are the only places where I don't feel to exist on sufferance.

I like to travel, but honestly I really like to just be at home in London and spend time with my friends.

When I do go to L.A., it is usually for a reason - to meet with a director or something - but I'm always so happy to go back to London.

I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.

I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.

Not part of any London combination and you have to go a long way from London really to... to throw that feeling off. So, it's right and fitting that the Beatles came from Liverpool. If they hadn't, I wouldn't have got involved. It wouldn't have interested me. And they wouldn't have hired me.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

The objective is to do things well in London.

When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.

I think American Werewolf in London is the greatest werewolf movie of all time.

London's tempo is 122.86 beats per minute.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been.

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.

Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.

Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy.

Even though the Olympics take place during Ramadan, some Muslim athletes said they will not fast during games. Then, after sampling the British food, they said, on second thought, fasting sounds good.

The Olympics have just started and the Greeks are already 14 medals in debt.

Tough Olympic news for the Romneys. Ann Romney's horse Rafalka did not advance to the Olympic finals. Apparently it was beat by a smooth-talking socialist horse from Kenya.

Big story at the Olympics regarding Michael Phelps. He stepped out with his girlfriend for the first time. She is a 25-year-old model from Los Angeles. Like every other model in L.A., She's dating an older retired guy. What's going on?

Some people are saying that the reason Michael Phelps isn't doing so well is because he let himself get too out of shape. I just have to say that I have been watching the Olympics, and if that guy is out of shape, I have been dead for five years.

It was with the advent of the Laudie London era that I realized the whole teenage epic was tottering to doom.

I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments.