I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.
BORIS JOHNSONDo you seriously propose that they are going to be so insane as to allow tariffs to be imposed. The EU is, I’m afraid a job destroying engine. You can see it all across southern Europe, you can see it, alas, in our country.
More Boris Johnson Quotes
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It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
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The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.
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I’d like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.
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Humanity would have plunged into a new dark age of absolutely frightening and appalling characteristics without Churchill.
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But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
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He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.
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I would ban sweets from school – but this pressure to bring in healthy food is too much.
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I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.
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The difference between Hitler’s speeches and Churchill’s speeches was that Hitler made you think he could do anything; Churchill made you think you could do anything.
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I want to win and I want to be in office.
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The crucial thing is to look in an informed way at what’s going on. Look at the way in which we are forced by our imbalanced system to push away people who might contribute mightily to the NHS.
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As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.
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London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.
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It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time.
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It is easy to make promises – it is hard work to keep them.
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The next Tory leader would have to unify his party and ensure that Britain stood tall in the world.
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In 1904, 20 per cent of journeys were made by bicycle in London. I want to see a figure like that again. If you can’t turn the clock back to 1904, what’s the point of being a Conservative?
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I dont see why people are so snooty about Channel Five. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It also devotes considerable airtime to investigations into lap-dancing, and other related and vital subjects
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Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.
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Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity.
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I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
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Can I say anything good about Ken Livingstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I can’t now remember what any of them were.
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I’m no communist.I’m a tax cutting Conservative. But I want a capitalism that is fairer to forgotten people.
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We split the atom, and now we have to get French or Korean scientists to help us build nuclear power stations. We perfected the finest cars on earth-and now Rolls-Royce is in the hands of the Germans.
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He is like some sherry-crazed old dowager who has lost the family silver at roulette, and who now decides to double up by betting the house as well.
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Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It’s time for a rethink, and the Tory party – the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth – is where it’s happening.
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