Bottomley Quotes

#1. Suicide is a real threat to health.

Virginia Bottomley

#2. Is in vitro fertilization where you have all the fun in a glass house?

Dr Steven Bottomley

#3. Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

Claude McKay

#4. He tipped her head up. Don't give up. Don't leave me before you're even here.

Melissa Marr

#5. I think people are finally realising that women are interesting and more interesting the older they get. But it's taken a while for that realisation to happen.

Christine Bottomley

#6. Indeed, there were times when it was quite worrying that after hitting a certain age, you wouldn't hear from a lot of actresses anymore. But that's when women hit their stride and get a lot more interesting. You see that in roles for males but it's slowly getting better for women too.

Christine Bottomley

#7. Being 21 years old is not easy in the sense that you're still trying to get to know yourself.

Rhianna Pratchett

#8. Anybody in my job steers a tightrope between being popular and being principled.

Virginia Bottomley

#9. Reflective listening is where you yell into a canyon and wait for the echo!

Dr Steven Bottomley

#10. I do find that if I go out for a meal I can be listening to a few conversations at once all around me. It can drive my partner bonkers a little bit. But it's about being able to tell a lot of very different stories as well as you can and I do genuinely love what I do.

Christine Bottomley

#11. A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.

James Mangold

#12. As we take stock on the morrow of victory, we shall find that nothing of real value to the human race has been destroyed. Our dead heroes will have won immortality. Civilisation will have gained new vitality. Humanity will have entered upon a richer heritage.

Horatio Bottomley

#13. I was lucky, I got offered places and have had some good opportunities. But it is hard work. I suppose I am a bit of a geek when it comes to acting and doing my work. But I was never really nerdy at school, more slightly naughty, so this is my time to be nerdy.

Christine Bottomley

#14. What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life.

Horatio Bottomley

#15. Science is a way of looking at the world without the rose-coloured glasses of ignorance!

Dr Steven Bottomley

#16. Wine is the nectar of the Gods, the spirit of the Earth, and the Devil the day after the night before.

Dr Steven Bottomley

#17. An epigram a day keeps the mind from going astray.

Dr Steven Bottomley

#18. The artist secretes nostalgia around life.

Cyril Connolly

#19. Smoking is a dying habit.

Virginia Bottomley

#20. I think new life is the most exciting thing and I absolutely have so much respect for my friends and family that have gone and done it because it seems like the hardest job in the world. So, who knows - maybe one day I might try it myself. But I completely salute anyone who does.

Christine Bottomley