Manchester Quotes

• It is not only the living who are killed in war.

  Isaac Asimov

  Veterans Day, Peace, War

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• Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Cities, Wonderful

  "Coningsby: Or, The New Generation".

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• Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation

  George Orwell

  Guts, Belly, Nations

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• Living in Manchester was like living on the moon... wherever that might be

  Johnny Giles

  Moon, Might, Living On

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• Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.

  Alice Lowe

  Reputation, Certain, Being Cool

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I don't know any Londoners 'cos I'm from Manchester.

  Karl Pilkington

  Londoners, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

  Mark Twain

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Transition

  Mark Twain, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.27, Courier Corporation

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• Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion.

  Emmeline Pankhurst

  Character, Cities, Political

  Emmeline Pankhurst (2015). “My Own Story: Top Biography”, p.4, 谷月社

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• It never rains in Manchester, but it pours

  Kevin Keegan

  Rain

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• Manchester has everything but good looks..., the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.

  A. J. P. Taylor

  Vices, Looks, England

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• We like annoying people. It's a Manchester thing. It's a trait. We just like pissing people off.

  Noel Gallagher

  People, Annoying, Traits

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This is Manchester, we do things differently here.

  Tony Wilson

  Different, Television, Rock Music

  "No strings attached: why the trend for classical 'raves' needs to end" by John Thorp, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2016.

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• He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime.

  William Manchester

  Men, Sublime, Noble

  William Manchester (1979). “American Caesar”

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• Manchester's got everything except a beach.

  Ian Brown

  Beach, Cities

  "Manchester's missing tech scene? Here comes the resurrection ..." by Rob Coupland, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.

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• What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Beautiful, Art, Science

  Benjamin Disraeli (1863). “Coningsby, Or, The New Generation”, p.113

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• Because I'm from Manchester I'm always looking for a bit of blue sky wherever I can find it.

  Dom Thomas

  Blue, Sky, Bits

  Source: thequietus.com

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• The most beautiful sight in football is too watch Manchester United chase a game.

  Teddy Sheringham

  Beautiful, Football, Sight

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• In England, they say that Manchester is the city of rain. It's main attraction is considered to the timetable at the railway station, where trains leave for other, less rainy cities.

  Nemanja Vidic

  Soccer, Football, Rain

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• The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here

  Noel Gallagher

  Cities

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• Most of all, I love Manchester. The crumbling warehouses, the railway arches, the cheap abundant drugs. That's what did it in the end. Not the money, not the music, not even the guns. That is my heroic flaw: my excess of civic pride.

  Tony Wilson

  Pride, Gun, Drug

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• I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said "You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm". At the time this was the last thing on my mind.

  Terry Pratchett

  Night, Mind, Needs

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• I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, League, Referee

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• We can talk about Manchester! I like coming here, it's a wicked city. It's my second favourite city in England after London. I like Liverpool too but there's a lot more to do in Manchester.

  Dave Mason

  Favourite City, Cities, Wicked

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• The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.

  William Bolitho

  Bottles, Way, Drink

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• You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically.

  Graham Coxon

  People, Healthy, London

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