Penelope Keith Quotes & Sayings

“Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.”

“I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.”

“Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.”

“I don't feel 'vibes' when I enter a building - don't feel the previous owners looking down on me. But I do know when a place feels friendly.”

“I'm a bit of a Scotophile. I have a house on the Black Isle, so I'm in Scotland quite a lot and think Edinburgh is just the most beautiful city.”

“I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I love that Highland burr.”

“In my book, all manners are is thinking of somebody else.”

“In this great age of communication, there a lot of people you can't actually understand. I know everyone tweets, and twits and texts and all that, but actually we've all got voices, and it is awfully nice to hear them and if you can understand what people are saying.”

“A lot of people have it - that fantasy of being lord or lady of the manor, either in the present or at some time in history.”

“Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.”