Sadiq Khan Quotes
London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New York, Paris, Berlin... the ten fastest growing cities in the world are in China. How do we compete with them? We have to attract investment and we have to compete on skills.
Quotes to Explore
-
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
-
Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
-
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
-
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.
-
My health is fine.
-
It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
-
Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
-
The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
-
I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
-
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
-
I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
-
The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
-
I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
-
Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
-
In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
-
It would almost be sinful to say that I regretted doing 'Charlie's Angels' because it did so much for my career.
-
Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
-
At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.
-
Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.
-
I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
-
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
-
I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge.
-
I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
-
London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New York, Paris, Berlin... the ten fastest growing cities in the world are in China. How do we compete with them? We have to attract investment and we have to compete on skills.
