Quotes About London

Grey sat in his bedchamber, unshaven and attired in his nightshirt, banyan, and slippers, drinking tea and debating with himself whether the authoritative benefits conferred by wearing his uniform outweighed the possible consequences - both sartorial and social - of wearing it into the slumps of London to inspect a three-day-old corpse.

The Frenchman's Gold! Beyond its value as treasure—which would belong to the Crown in any case—the gold had a considerable and personal value to John William Grey. The finding of that half-mythical hoard would be his passport out of Ardsmuir—back to London and civilization.

There was news to hear and to ask about—of English patrols in the district, of politics, of arrests and trials in London and Edinburgh. That he could wait for. Better to talk to Ian about the estate, to Jenny about the children. If it seemed safe, the children would be brought down to say hello to their uncle, to give him sleepy hugs and damp kisses before stumbling back to their beds.

When I was younger, I always assumed that when I grew up, I would be living in the country, and my kids would be going to a state school. But that's not how things have turned out. I can't see myself being able to leave London.

I watched the London Games as my coach had athletes in there. I saw the impact that the Paralympics had on the country and the world.

I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.

In London, I did feel a pressure to be more avant-garde than I wanted.

Drake brought me out at the O2 in London and Barclays Center, and I'm on 'More Life.'

There are events on all the time in London and because I get nervous going to things, I'd down my drinks quickly.

I love working in Dublin, but when I'm in London, I'm more focused on my career.

I live in east London, but I'm not cool.

We want artists to stay in London. It's very important culturally and economically, but there are lots of challenges in terms of finding space.

I lived in London, went to the London School of Economics, do a lot of business in London, and have a lot of fun in London.

We do all of our emails and stuff during the car journey back, as we live an hour outside of London. Then when we're home, we're home and that's it.

Europe were kind of the first ones to embrace my music; the kids from around the way would come out to my shows and really enjoy it.

I want to thank all the people at Tottenham. I had four great years there, and I enjoyed every moment. I want to thank everyone who made my life enjoyable in London.

In 2009, I was living in London and getting work I enjoyed.

London fashion is epic.

A foggy day in London TownHad me low and had me down.I viewed the morning with alarm.The British Museum had lost its charm.

Women in London must have learned not to breathe

There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society.

I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.

I see London, I see France I see Emily's underpants.

Take John Constable's The Cornfield (1826; Fig. 4). A recent exhibition of this work held at the National Gallery in London showed how this revered image of the English countryside has been used on a range of items such as biscuit tins and calendars, as well as for posters and prints.