“Revolutions have always started in cafés.”
quoted in The Independent on Sunday (18 April 2004).
Martin Firrell: Trending quotes
Martin Firrell trending quotes. Read the latest quotes in collectionMartin Firrell: 132 quotes0 likes
“I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.”
Quoted in the documentary The Question Mark Inside broadcast in the UK by Sky Arts (30 October 2009).
“When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.”
Quoted in The Guardian (25 February 2006).
“Women are much more honourable than men.”
quoting April Ashley
"Complete Hero" (2009)
Quoted as work in progress at martinfirrell.com.
“There’s not a lesbian hero that everybody can relate to.”
quoting Shazia Mirza
"Complete Hero" (2009)
"The Question Mark Inside" (2008)
quoting A C Grayling
"Complete Hero" (2009)
“I want to live in a city where the people who make the rules have to live by them.”
"I Want to Live in a City Where..." (2006)
Variant: I want to live in a city where half the people in charge are women.
“Quentin Crisp said it to me; now I say it to you: say yes to everything.”
Quoted at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts website (December 2009).
“I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.”
"I Want to Live in a City Where..." (2006)
“You said in that moment on the beach you were entirely happy.”
"The Question Mark Inside" (2008)
In response to the London bombings of 7 July 2005, quoted in the International Herald Tribune (19 September 2005).