London is the sporting capital of the world. I say to the Chinese and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home.
BORIS JOHNSONWe 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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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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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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I cant remember what my line on drugs is. Whats my line on drugs?
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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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We celebrate the contribution of people who have come to this country to make it better.
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I think it’d be disgraceful if a chap wasn’t allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went to Vegas and you didn’t misbehave in some trivial way.
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Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix and stay conscious.
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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 Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.
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If gay marriage was OK … then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog.
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Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.
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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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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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I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.
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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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