Favourite Quotes

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. (Diane Arbus)
Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities ... will always be the favourite beverage of the intellectual. View quote
Thomas De Quincey
To be a Prodigal's favourite,then, worse truth, A Miser's pensioner,behold our lot. View quote
William Wordsworth
'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning! View quote
Margaret Thatcher
If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never get past the locked door. View quote
Michael Ondaatje
After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia. View quote
Peter Mayhew
I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever. View quote
Radha Mitchell
A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence. View quote
W. Somerset Maugham
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who is Czech and a patriot, cannot bear to hear me play them because he says I do it in such a schmalzy way, 'crying into the mouth organ'. I do not think I could have written the book on nationalism which I did write, were I not capable of crying, with the help of a little alcohol, over folk songs, which happen to be my favourite form of music. View quote
Ernest Gellner
After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from his favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left-back. I would love him to save me a place in his team - George Best that is, not God. (Eric Cantona)
You know what my favourite quotation is? [...] It's from Chaucer [...] Criseyde says it, "I am myne owene woman, wel at ese." View quote
Mary McCarthy
Disraeli was my favourite Tory. He was an adventurer pure and simple, or impure and complex. I'm glad to say Gladstone got the better of him. View quote
Michael Foot
My favourite symbols were those I did not understand. View quote
Adolph Gottlieb
Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way. View quote
Frank Lampard
Thus the creationist's favourite question "What is the use of half an eye?" Actually, this is a lightweight question, a doddle to answer. Half an eye is just 1 per cent better than 49 per cent of an eye. View quote
Richard Dawkins
Eight inches strong, it is my favourite thing; If I'm alone at night, I embrace it fully - A beautiful woman hasn't touched it for ages. Within my fundoshi there is an entire universe! View quote
Ikkyū
My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect. View quote
Uwe Boll
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre. View quote
Maurice Gibb
We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters. View quote
Roger Moore
Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer. (Roger Moore)
Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual. View quote
Sarah Zettel
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines. View quote
David Walliams
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me. View quote
David Walliams
I am my favourite villain! View quote
Juhi Chawla