British Quotes

I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.

There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

It is no use asking me or anyone else how to dig... Better to go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try to do it.

In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.

There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless.

The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking.

The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion.

Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.

These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word 'queer' is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.

All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.

We were the victims of the new producer but what annoyed me was they told the press we were leaving before us.

Tom is the most eccentric person I have ever worked with. We get on very well and I am most impressed with how he can hold an audience in the palm of his hand.

They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession.

They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.

They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!

It's a comedy thriller, brilliantly written and it's full of twists and turns at every page. When I was reading it I was desperate to get to the end to find out what happens, it really hooks you.

It was all to do with the change of producer as well as political reasons I don't really comprehend.