Henry James Quotes

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

I think life in London is good.

London grew into something huge and contradictory. It was a good place, and a fine city, but there is a price to be paid for all good places, and a price that all good places have to pay.

London, black as crows and noisy as ducks, prudish with all the vices in evidence, everlastingly drunk, in spite of ridiculous laws about drunkenness, immense, though it is really basically only a collection of scandal-mongering boroughs, vying with each other, ugly and dull, without any monuments except interminable docks.

In general, I don't like L.A. all that much, but it has wonderful parts.

There's a lot of tension in London, but then you realize it's always been there, in its history, and that the best thing about London, that there's always been this tension.

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

Living in London has become incredible. I suppose it's easy to love where you live if you love what you're doing. But this is not just a visit: it's my home.

I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive.

To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London.

I travel continuously, and I see many cities, but there is nowhere like London.

I feel no compunction to defend L.A. People criticize it, and for the most part, it's well-founded.

I simply love to live here. London is a world city. There is so much you can do. There are many different cultures here, and I just feel very, very comfortable.

There are many sides of the urban life that I dislike, but there are many sides I am deeply in love with and attached to.

I love London. It is such a melting pot. Everything is here.

I love London. I came here to discover something different. It's a great city; I like how people think here.

The vibe of London as a city is captivating. It's both fast-paced and extremely rushed but still has the calmness that would attract any big-city person.

It's funny, but I always feel really safe on the streets of London. It's the most inspiring place to be in the world.

You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more. Yet in its depth what treasures!

London, how could one ever be tired of it?

London is a labyrinth, half of stone and half of flesh.

I do find London exciting. Much as I hate to agree with that tedious old git Samuel Johnson, and despite the pompous imbecility of his famous remark about when a man is tired of London he is tired of life...I can't dispute it.

London opens to you like a novel itself. [...] It is divided into chapters, the chapters into scenes, the scenes into sentences; it opens to you like a series of rooms, door, passsage, door. Mayfair to Piccadilly to Soho to the Strand.

My family love living in London. It is a fantastic city and a city such as this deserves to host the Olympic Games.