Victoria Wood Quotes

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

Never interrupt me when I'm eating a banana.

I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

There's nothing worse than getting on a crowded subway on, like, a 90-degree day.

The most common of all antagonisms arises from a man's taking a seat beside you on the train, a seat to which he is completely entitled.

People always ask me what I'm doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats.

Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair.

In L.A., it's the sort of city where you have to have a car to get around.

I love walking everywhere I go and following City Mapper.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

When I was in my college, I remember travelling by buses to tutions, and I have travelled by local trains as well.

I used to get two buses to school, and you'd see more or less everyone in the city centre, so I kind of knew everyone around my age group.

I don't mind being recognised, as long as people are nice. I do like meeting people; it's just that some people are a bit disrespectful... Sometimes it's like, I'm having a roast dinner, and someone's taking a picture of me. I don't mind taking pictures, but just ask. Otherwise, it's a bit weird.

If I'm going to Kilburn, I get on a bus.

One of my priorities is getting the trains to run on time, and as a commuter myself I understand all too well the frustration caused by endless delays and cancellations.

I understand how it feels to stand in a crowded train, to be stuck in congested traffic.

If you live in central London, that's probably fine for you, but in places like Edmonton, where you're almost out of sight of London, you've got to pay more and more to get into central London. How does that work?

My father drove a bus in Anderlecht and he took me to training every day in Brussels from when I was 11 to 18.

You can tell when someone recognizes you and they want to say something, but they don't want to bother you.

I used the bus when I was growing up in Brazil. I don't want to diminish anyone who travels on the bus, but I haven't done that for a long time.

I bloody love transport and plotting a route through London.

We have to realize we have millions of human beings traveling on our equipment.

I used to listen to my music on the bus. It was one of my favourite things, to look out the window and over at the Jacques Cartier Bridge and Parc Jean-Drapeau.

I used to go from place to place by tram. A shilling would take you all around London and the suburbs.

I still live in the city. I still jump on the bus.