Boris Johnson Quotes
Born: June 19, 1964
Boris Johnson, a paradoxical figure in modern political life, unexpectedly champions the quiet chaos of mindfulness. His philosophy, forged in the cruciform tension of public scrutiny, teaches that peace is not the absence of noise but the mastery of one’s internal storm. Through his often-cited aphorisms, he reveals that true serenity lies in embracing imperfection and the fleeting nature of power. His quotes resonate because they offer a gritty, unvarnished path to tranquility—a reminder that even in the most turbulent arenas, the soul can find its still point. His legacy is a testament to finding calm amid the cacophony of existence.
Boris Johnson Quotes (57)
"My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it."
— Boris Johnson"It is easy to make promises - it is hard work to keep them."
— Boris Johnson"My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters."
— Boris Johnson"We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe."
— Boris Johnson"My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."
— Boris Johnson"I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest."
— Boris Johnson"I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis."
— 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."
— 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."
— Boris Johnson"We can find our voice in the world again: a voice that is commensurate with the fifth-biggest economy on Earth."
— Boris Johnson"Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards."
— Boris Johnson"If we vote to Leave and take back control, all sorts of opportunities open up. Including doing new free trade deals around the world, restoring Britain's seat on all sorts of international bodies, restoring health to our democracy and belief to our democracy."
— Boris Johnson"What I really think about Banksy is I think he's a genius; he's a great artist, and I like his stuff. But he's got to accept it if, from time to time, someone will need to paint over his work."
— 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."
— 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."
— Boris Johnson"I'm in politics to change things - if possible, for the better. I was a journalist for a long time, but I had a kind of midlife crisis, and I decided I needed to do something to get on the pitch and stop endlessly kicking over other peoples' sandcastles."
— Boris Johnson"I believe we now have a glorious opportunity: we can pass our laws and set our taxes entirely according to the needs of the U.K. economy."
— Boris Johnson"I suppose with houses and assets, then I guess I would be a millionaire. But so are a lot of people."
— Boris Johnson"I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton."
— Boris Johnson"The Italians, who used to be a great motor-manufacturing power, have been absolutely destroyed by the euro - as was intended by the Germans."
— 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"I believe in immigration. But I feel people think it would be better if there was an Australian-style points based system so we could actually get a good system."
— Boris Johnson"I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done."
— Boris Johnson"I just find it absolutely bizarre that we are being lectured by the Americans about giving up our sovereignty and giving up control when the Americans won't even sign up to the international convention on the law of the seas, let alone the International Criminal Court."
— 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."
— Boris Johnson"It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it."
— Boris Johnson"I'm not one of those people who believes in going endlessly around finger wagging and ticking people off for occasional colourful use of language."
— Boris Johnson"I'm a one-nation Tory."
— Boris Johnson"The idea that the EU is somehow the guarantor of peace on the continent - that is in itself rash, in my view, and risks undermining the vital role of Nato."
— Boris Johnson"London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country."
— Boris Johnson