It was the kind of blind, gulping, insensate greed that you associate with some milk-eyed creature in a volcanic fissure at the bottom of the Marianas Trench-an organism with no understanding of the existence, let alone the feelings, of other members of the ecosystem.
BORIS JOHNSONWhen Cameron’s Conservatives come to power it will be a golden age for cyclists and an Elysium of cycle lanes, bike racks, and sharia law for bike thieves. And I hope that cycling in London will become almost Chinese in its ubiquity.
More Boris Johnson Quotes
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There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge.
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Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.
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The only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.
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You are part of our Great British family.
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You know, sometimes I don’t understand what’s wrong with us. This is just about the most creative and imaginative country on earth—and yet sometimes we just don’t seem to have the gumption to exploit our intellectual property.
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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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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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My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
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Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike, as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet under.
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The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.
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We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.
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There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge.
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I have come to the conclusion that Tony Blair has finally gone mad … he made assertions that are so jaw-droppingly and breathtakingly at variance with reality that he surely needs professional psychiatric help.
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It is easy to make promises – it is hard work to keep them.
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Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.
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