Parfitt Quotes

#1. It is the right of a free individual to be unhindered in their liberty!
Especially to fail in their endeavors!
Only in this manner are they truly free.

Keith Parfitt

#2. I had heard of Virginia before only in passing, a "crazy ex" with whom things had not ended well. I was accustomed to this lazy shorthand for men who dislike the emotions of women.

Alana Massey

#3. Judi Dench should be ashamed of herself for being so talented and working so much.

Judy Parfitt

#4. If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.

Iain Duncan Smith

#5. The truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin and always, always worn make-up.

Judy Parfitt

#6. Having plastic surgery is pathetic. You don't look any younger; you look well for a bit until it starts going again, but it takes all the character out.

Judy Parfitt

#7. I don't know if a penny's dropped somewhere, but you've had 'Lark Rise to Candleford,' you've had 'Cranford,' you've had 'Last Tango in Halifax,' you've had 'Call the Midwife' ... I think the largest portion of the viewing public are over 55, and they like to see people they can identify with.

Judy Parfitt

#8. Faith is something that's been created to help people get through life.

Judy Parfitt

#9. The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears.

Paul Bloom

#10. I'm against organised religion of any kind.

Judy Parfitt

#11. Look at Nicola Walker in 'Last Tango in Halifax.' She has the most wonderful face. You just want to look at her. And if she'd gone off and had Botox and facelifts, I wouldn't want to look at that face because it wouldn't express anything.

Judy Parfitt

#12. I'm not a fan of the wimple; you can't hear much when you've got it on.

Judy Parfitt

#13. There are one or two young men I wouldn't mind taking home.

Judy Parfitt

#14. I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes.

Sam Brownback

#15. The life of the mind is always more interesting than the real. The idea is often more interesting than the actual.

Rob Chapman

#16. The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.

Gore Vidal

#17. Because 'Call The Midwife' is a gentle drama, not a documentary, it's not appropriate to portray Sister Monica Joan's condition in all its brutal reality.

Judy Parfitt

#18. Can I remember exactly when I 'lost' my husband? Was it the moment when I had to start tying his shoelaces for him? Or when we stopped being able to laugh with each other? Looking back, that turning point is impossible to pinpoint. But then, that's the nature of dementia.

Judy Parfitt

#19. The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable as sin. You've got to try and find the few good things about it.

Judy Parfitt

#20. That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.

Judy Parfitt

#21. Sometimes in your life you just meet someone or hear something that nudges you on the right path. And that becomes the best advice. It could just be a bit of commonsense said in a way that resonates with something in you. It's nothing new, but because it connects with you it holds meaning for you.

Chetan Bhagat

#22. You see, the thing is, if you don't do anything to your face, and you get old, and you can stand up, and you can remember your lines, the work is there.

Judy Parfitt

#23. I'm just growing old, darling. I don't know about gracefully.

Judy Parfitt

#24. We perceive through our senses a person, a situation or an event, and in an instant, we project our mental models - our fears, background and experiences - onto that perception. This often results in cognitive errors, which means we judge and respond incorrectly.

Elizabeth Thornton

#25. I think self-exploration is one of the journeys in life that we are blessed to be able to have.

Anne Heche

#26. This is why Alzheimer's is such a terrible disease: the body of the person you love is there, but they've gone - your husband is gone - and they become your child, and you have to look after them as you would a child.

Judy Parfitt

#27. Nowadays, people send rockets into space, and I think it does make you question if there's a God. They can make babies in a dish now! Everything we're seeing goes against what people always believed in.

Judy Parfitt

#28. There's a lot of kids' shows that are really popular ratings-wise, but they don't sell a lot of stuff. A character on a backpack just doesn't have the same appeal as watching it on TV.

Tom Kenny

#29. A Godless life is a goalless life.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha