#met

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life. ↗

— Evan Davis

#been #bit #centre #country #couple

I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool. At one company I visited, they held their meetings in a caravan that had somehow been installed in the place, a rather more exotic place to gather than the typical BBC glass box. ↗

— Evan Davis

#always #bbc #been #box #caravan

Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of the most exciting infrastructure in Britain. Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London. It is the biggest engineering project in Europe - and Phyllis herself is not exactly dainty. ↗

— Evan Davis

#biggest #boring #britain #characters #dainty

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour? ↗

— Kristin Davis

#behaviour #dinner #great #great life #i

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#carrying #hasn #intention #man #means

You can sometimes learn more working with less talented people, because you learn to survive. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#learn #less #more #people #sometimes

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life. ↗

— Miles Davis

#about #always #creating #creative #day

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#become #being #family #group #like

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below. ↗

— Rebecca Harding Davis

#closely #down #glow #good #heart

There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync. ↗

— Bjork

#after #body #getting #half #help