Quotes by Boris Johnson

About Boris Johnson:

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician, popular historian and journalist who has served as Mayor of London since 2008 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Johnson previously served as the MP for Henley from 2001 until 2008. A member of the Conservative Party, Johnson considers himself a One Nation Conservative and has been described as a libertarian due to his association with both economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
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My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

Boris Johnson

That is the best case for Bush; that, among other things, he liberated Iraq. It is good enough for me.

Boris Johnson

But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.

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I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.

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

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.

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I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.

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I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done.

Boris Johnson

Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.

Boris Johnson

I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

Boris Johnson

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

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My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

Boris Johnson

The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

Boris Johnson

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

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It just happens I write fast and always have done.

Boris Johnson

If we judged everybody by the stupid, unguarded things they blurt out to their nearest and dearest, then we wouldn't ever get anywhere.

Boris Johnson

So I'm definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.

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I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist.

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We are experiencing such large support for the Olympic relay that our advice is to stay in your neighbourhood, stay in your borough and wait for it to come near you.

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London is a fantastic creator of jobs - but many of these jobs are going to people who don't originate in this country.

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Author Bio

  • NameBoris Johnson
  • DescriptionBritish Conservative Party politician
  • AliasesAlexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson; BoJo
  • BornJune 19, 1964
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Politician; Editor; Writer