Best 159 quotes in «favourite quotes» category

I'm really into food; it's one of my favourite things - everything from potato waffles to lobster.

In terms of favourite movies then, I like Lion King. Something more recent would be Alice in Wonderland; it'd be kind of cool to have The White Queen appear in Kingdom Hearts.

In India, there are lots of places that I love, but my favourite is Kashmir.

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

I really love fantasy. I have to say it is my favourite genre to read and one of the genres I love the most to write.

Invention is the mother of necessity.

In our world, it's a big deal when you have a favourite collaborator and share them.

I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

I should tell you that honestly, on my honour of a Nearwicked, I always think in a wordworth's of that primed favourite continental poet, Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper, A.G., whom the generality admoyers in this that is and that this is to come.

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

I've always been interested in science - one of my favourite books is James Watson's 'Molecular Biology of the Gene.'

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

I would do nearly anything for a laugh, to tell the truth. And I'm a particular favourite with young men with earrings.

I think sunrises are rarer for me, but sunset is my favourite time of day.

It's the business I'm in, I can't say that signing things is the favourite part of my career but you know that it has to be done and that there is no pain involved.

I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.

I've chosen Peter Pan by JM Barrie as my favourite children's book.

I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.

Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.

Music is magic. It's my favourite drug: it really has an effect on me mentally and physically. It's such a rush.

Mary Quant is my favourite fashion designer.

My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.

[My favourite song is] "All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.

My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.

My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.

My favourite trainers are Converse.

My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work.

My favourite tea is lapsang souchong.

My favourite things are just wandering from place to place, going to cafés, taking photographs. My favourite day is a happy accident.

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.

My favourite thing in my wardrobe is my jewelry.

My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.

My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.

London is one of my favourite places to come to overseas.

My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.

My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something.

My favourite thing is to be somebody else, no longer be me.

My favourite film is 'Le Diner de Cons,' a French movie.

My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.

My favourite painting is often the one or the collection that I am currently working on. This is probably due to the fact that I don't yet know where it will take me.

My favourite pub game is, of course, snooker. Any game whose rules basically amount to finding a table covered in mess and slowly and methodically putting it all away out of sight is one with which I can empathise emphatically.

My style of dressing is extremely personal. I am impressionable only to a certain extent. The rest of it is my personal concoction consisting of my favourite trends.

Of course I love music and I love what I do, but seeing their response to my work is my favourite part of it.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

One of my favourite movies is Billy Wilder's 'The Apartment.' It's shot in super wide screen, and it's beautiful.

One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.