51 Joanna Lumley Quotes for You to Enjoy

Joanna Lumley

English Actress

Born: May 1, 1946

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It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out. Joanna Lumley

Time You Marriage Quality Little Things Listening Three Important Sit Down Nice Other Ghastly Say Alive Out Phrase Vital Rush Minutes Someone Rather Small Remembering Taking Over Quality Time Still Doing Yelling Than Just Little Means Shoulder Your Each Nice Things Keep Things Treats

My mother early on taught us to respect all animals, and I mean all animals - not just cats and dogs but rats and snakes and spiders and fish and wildlife, so I really grew up believing they are just like us and just as deserving of consideration. Joanna Lumley

I love being a grandmother. That feeling you have for your own child - you don't ever think it will be replicated, and I did wonder if I would have to 'pretend' with my grandchildren. But my heart was taken on day one. Joanna Lumley

You only have one go at life, which is thrilling. Only you can make yourself into who you want to be. Don't blame anybody else. You are entitled to free fresh air, and that's it. Do the rest yourself. Joanna Lumley

I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some reason, it just fills me with fury! It's just utter laziness, lack of interest in other people, lack of interest in the planet, in the hedgehog who might eat the plastic bag, it's a lack of concern. Joanna Lumley

Me Hate People Car Laziness Other Fury Out Eat Some Bag Drops Concern Hand Lack Just Interest Hedgehog Litter Might Planet Reason Who Plastic Plastic Bag Fills Street Utter

The concept of Shwopping is so clever, I think. The idea is that every time someone goes shopping, they can take an unwanted item of clothing and pop it in the recycling bin in their M&S store for Oxfam. Joanna Lumley

Time Shopping Recycling Clever Unwanted Every Think Every Time Someone Take Idea Concept Item Goes Oxfam Clothing Store Pop Bin

Greece has got something like 1,400 islands. There is so much of Greece you can't know even if you're Greek. It's sprinkled out all around the edge of the Aegean, all over the place. It's already a secret place wherever you go, even if it's somewhere huge like Athens or Corinth. The place enchanted me. Joanna Lumley

Me You Somewhere Edge Secret Out Athens All-Around Something Over Like Know Around Islands Got Enchanted Go Sprinkled Huge Greece Greek Wherever Place Much Even

I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good. Joanna Lumley

I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol. Joanna Lumley

Drive Speeds Lights Like Off Maniac Reasonable Petrol Switch Waste

There was one 'crime' during the whole time I was at school, when a fountain pen went missing. Stealing just didn't happen. I was taught not to shoplift, not to steal, not to behave badly. We weren't even allowed to drop litter. Joanna Lumley

Women are very different to men, and that hasn't been respected. So when people say there's never been a good woman painter or poet or engineer or whatever, they don't understand that our skills are many simultaneously and men's skills are single. Joanna Lumley

Good Woman Women People Engineer Men Poet Single Whatever Our Respected Say People Say Never Simultaneously Understand Been Women Are Very Different Skills Painter Many