Shire Quotes

You can't make homes out of human beings.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!

I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted.

The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.

You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.

So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue.

Henry patted Charlotte’s shoulder anxiously. “Would you like a cool cloth? What can I do to help?” “You could ride up to Yorkshire and chop that old goat’s head off.” Charlotte sounded mutinous. “Won’t that make things rather awkward with the Clave?” asked Henry. “They’re not generally very receptive about, you know, beheadings and things.

Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke French to each other. To Strange's surprize Childermass understood perfectly and even addressed one or twoquestions to Minervois in his own language. Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch.

[Tony Richardson ] just liked me, knew I was going to be what he wanted [in The Hotel New Hampshire], and that was the end of it. It was unbelievable.

New Hampshire's one of my favorite places.

Unfortunately, Childermass's French was so strongly accented by his native Yorkshire that Minervois did not understand and asked Strange if Childermass was Dutch.

My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.

I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants.

I'm from a little town called Settle in North Yorkshire, so it's amazing that I get to travel everyday and I get to see such crazy sh*t everyday.

Nothing moves at the Hotel New Hampshire! We're screwed down here-for life!

He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to.

I'm a kid from New Hampshire who's pretty normal.

West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.

Be sure it is not for nothing that the Landlord has knit our hearts so closely to time and place – to one friend rather than another and one shire more that all the land.

I like Yorkshire terriers. They're good to wash your car with. They fit right in the bucket.

My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.