#london

The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each sentence we produce, whether we know it or not, is a mongrel mouthful of Chaucerian, Shakespearean, Miltonic, Johnsonian, Dickensian and American. Military, naval, legal, corporate, criminal, jazz, rap and ghetto discourses are mingled at every turn. The French language, like Paris, has attempted, through its Academy, to retain its purity, to fight the advancing tides of Franglais and international prefabrication. English, by comparison, is a shameless whore. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#french #humour #language #london #paris

After all, bachelors are a challenge. Spinsters are merely pathetic. And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm female. ↗

— Julia Quinn The Duke and I

#julia-quinn #london #the-duke-and-i #historical-romance

In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#form-of-address #formality #london #madam #miss

When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#back #before #college #enjoyed #good

I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#get #here #i #london #more

If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq. ↗

— Kenneth Clarke

#bombs #connection #had #his #iraq

The thing I'd really like to see is the old London Bridge, with all the old buildings around it like Shakespeare's Globe. I'd like to walk along that. Don't worry, I won't get drunk and fall in. ↗

— Alan Davies

#around #bridge #buildings #drunk #fall

My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication. ↗

— Gustavo Dudamel

#brought #dedication #development #early #i

The great thing about this is, and not to pump my own tires, but I feel like I'm not maximized yet. I feel like I can still run faster, jump higher, which I think makes it special. Hopefully, going to London, I'll be welcomed into the decathlon community. ↗

— Ashton Eaton

#community #decathlon #faster #feel #going

I want to win a gold medal in London. ↗

— Kerri Walsh

#gold medal #i #london #medal #want