Leslie Hall quotes

  • I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

  • I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true

  • I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

  • I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

  • I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

  • The planet is ill, everyone knows that. But I need to be optimistic, otherwise I would just be adding to the negativity. So every night I come on Madrid TV and read a piece of good news.

  • One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.

  • All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

  • Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.

  • Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.