Ken Livingstone Quotes & Sayings

“I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.”

“If voting changed anything, they'd abolish it.”

“I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.”

“Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.”

“I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.”

“Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.”

“I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.”

“I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.”

“I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.”

“Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.”