Tag Archives: Quotations

London in Quotations: Rachel Weisz

I think London’s sexy because it’s so full of eccentrics.

Rachel Weisz (b.1970)

London in Quotations: Benjamin Disraeli

London is a modern Babylon.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

London in Quotations: Herman Melville

There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear — the city of London and the South Seas.

Herman Melville (1819-1891), The South Seas

London in Quotations: King George VI

It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.

King George VI (1895-1952)

London in Quotations: Peter Shaffer

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Peter Shaffer (1926-2016)