Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

83 Notable Quotes By Boris Johnson

Famous As: Current Prime Minister of UK
Born On: June 19, 1964
Born In: Upper East Side, New York, United States
Age: 59 Years
Boris Johnson is an eminent British historian, journalist, and politician. Since 2015, he is the ‘Member of Parliament’ from Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Since 2016, Johnson has been serving as the ‘Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.’ From 2001 to 2008, he served as MP for Henley. He also served as Mayor of London for eight years. Johnson is a part of the Conservative Party and has been associated with both socially and economically liberal policies besides being identified as a one-nation conservative. Following is a collection of sayings and quotes by Boris Johnson, which has been extracted from his works, thoughts, speeches, interviews and public utterances. Take a look at the words of wisdom by Boris Johnson which are frequently used as quotable quotes and thoughts.
Listed In:
It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.

It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.

Boris Johnson
I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.

I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.

Boris Johnson
My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

Boris Johnson
There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

Boris Johnson
I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.

I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles.

Boris Johnson
I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

Boris Johnson
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.

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.

Boris Johnson
I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I am determined to level with Londoners.

I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I am determined to level with Londoners.

Boris Johnson
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

Boris Johnson
Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

Boris Johnson
I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.

I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.

Boris Johnson
It's not reasonable for companies that have chief executives and board members who are paid very considerable sums to subsidise low pay through in-work benefits.

It's not reasonable for companies that have chief executives and board members who are paid very considerable sums to subsidise low pay through in-work benefits.

Boris Johnson
The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.

The Lib Dems are not just empty. They are a void within a vacuum surrounded by a vast inanition.

Boris Johnson

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. But in the end you have a great sense of personal dissatisfaction.

Boris Johnson
Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys come forward at once - and I get jammed.

Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys come forward at once - and I get jammed.

Boris Johnson
I have more in common with a three-toed sloth or a one-eyed pterodactyl or a Kalamata olive than I have with Winston Churchill.

I have more in common with a three-toed sloth or a one-eyed pterodactyl or a Kalamata olive than I have with Winston Churchill.

Boris Johnson
We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe.

We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe.

Boris Johnson
London is—after Athens and Rome—the third most influential city in history.

London is—after Athens and Rome—the third most influential city in history.

Boris Johnson
The beauty and riddle in studying the motives of any politician is in trying to decide what is idealism and what is self-interest; and often we are left to conclude that the answer is a mixture of the two.

The beauty and riddle in studying the motives of any politician is in trying to decide what is idealism and what is self-interest; and often we are left to conclude that the answer is a mixture of the two.

Boris Johnson
I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

Boris Johnson
I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.

I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.

Boris Johnson
My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.

My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.

Boris Johnson
It just happens I write fast and always have done.

It just happens I write fast and always have done.

Boris Johnson
The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

Boris Johnson
There's an idea that London is a planet on its own: that it's starting to diverge from the rest of the solar system. We need to combat that.

There's an idea that London is a planet on its own: that it's starting to diverge from the rest of the solar system. We need to combat that.

Boris Johnson

If we get outside the EU, if we leave the EU system, we will be relieved of a huge amount of unnecessary regulation that is holding this country back. We will be able to set our own priorities, make our own laws and set our own tax policies to suit the needs of this country. We have a huge opportunity also to make people's votes count for more.

Boris Johnson

If you turn a blind eye to fare evasion, if you accustom people to getting away with minor crime, you are making it more likely that they will go on to commit more serious crimes. That is why we have so much disorder in London. It is a disgrace.

Boris Johnson
Obama's extraordinary political skills suggest he is more than capable of rising above any personal historical grudges he may have inherited.

Obama's extraordinary political skills suggest he is more than capable of rising above any personal historical grudges he may have inherited.

Boris Johnson
We can find our voice in the world again: a voice that is commensurate with the fifth-biggest economy on Earth.

We can find our voice in the world again: a voice that is commensurate with the fifth-biggest economy on Earth.

Boris Johnson
I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

Boris Johnson