Author: Mark

“It’s better to be chirpy, rather than end up in tears.”

Rinella, Accountant

“Open your heart and your mind will blow.”

“Be grateful in life and doors will open to everything.”

Margaret and Mimi, Venezuela

“A fussy man is a lonely man.”

“We spend all our lives working in jobs that we hate, so we can buy crap that we don’t need.”

“A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.”  Michel de Montaigne

Anonymous

“You’re closer to God in the garden than anywhere else in the world!”

“This betrays the fact that I’m not a city girl.”

Annie

“It’s not where you take things from, it’s where you take them to.” Jean Luc Godard

Klara and Johanna, Musicians, http://www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit

“You can kiss a fool but don’t let a kiss fool you.”

Anonymous

“Don’t get fresh with me.”

Kate, 23, Hygienist

“It is better to keep your mouth shut and look like a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

Tio, Australia

“And these children that you spit on

As they try to change their worlds

Are immune to your consultations

They’re quite aware of what they’re going through”

David Bowie/The breakfast club movie

Zina, Shepherds Bush.

“To amuse emus on warm summer nights, Kiwis do wee wees from spectacular heights.” Roger McGough, Poet

Q: “What do farts and children have in common?”

A: “You can only stand your own!”

Rachel, Shepherds Bush

“There’s no such thing as a free ride – or is there?? Run…”

Linda, 47, Ventriloquist

“There is no secret in life. Be straight.”

Ousmane, Economist

“La Liberte s’arrete la ou commence celle des autres.”

– meaning  “Your freedom stops where everybody else’s freedom starts.”

Edouard

“Love the kids, they are the future.”

Abbey

“Sometimes it’s best not to say anything, in case the person realises you know less than them.”

Ruth, Corporate Lawyer

“Remember – stand on the verge of getting it on.”

“Oh yeah you got me there.”

Anonymous

“Completely new yet totally familiar.” Santana

Kit Kat

“Keep your friends close and your enemies on a leash.”

Wale,  Musician, Washington DC

“You will always have more time than money.”

Gray,  Musician, USA

“Try to love everybody, only trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe.”

Tre,  Musician, USA

“In sweet music is such art, Killing care and grief of heart.” Shakespheare

A. Kent

BBQ = Better Be Quick

Tony, Hong Kong

Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to wish my Japanese followers a happy Tanabata day. Tanabata, the star festival involves writing wishes on colourful pieces of paper, and then hanging them on bamboo leaves.

Today is also the anniversary of  the 7/7 bomb attacks which took place in London five years ago. I’m sure that I write on behalf of all Blackcabquotes followers and friends by wishing that such atrocities NEVER take place in our wonderful world again.

Mark, the driver

Below is a translation of the Japansese Tanabata song;

“The bamboo leaves rustle,
shaking away in the eaves.
The stars twinkle;
Gold and silver grains of sand.”

“At times like this one just has to keep on keeping on.”

“According to your faith so shall it be.”

Tom, Banker

“It could be that the purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others.”  an uninspirational quote given to the passenger from her friend as a Joke

Anonymous, Canary Wharf

“Be yourself, find yourself, and you will find your way in life.”

Darmagnac, Freight Trader, France

“The biggest mistake I made was not marrying my second wife first!”

Andrew.P

“Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” Passenger had split with his partner moments before hailing my taxi

Mathew

“You are never too old to make positive change.”

Sarah, Tourist

“I carried a watermelon.” Think Jennifer Grey’s character, Baby in Dirty Dancing

Leann, Accountant

“You can’t lead until you have served.”

“Everything works on attraction.”

Victoria, Italy

“Nothing matters very much and most things don’t matter at all.” Arthur Balfour former prime minster

Alex, Finance, East Africa

“Where ignorance is bliss, ‘Tis folly to be wise.” Thomas Gray

“It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.”

Anonymous

“ I’d rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.”

Stephan. W, Fulham

Q: What did the elephant say to the naked man?

A:  Can you really breathe through that thing?

Nicole, aged 9

“The best way to keep your word is to never give it.”

Lyne (Nicole’s mother )

   Thank you so much for your kind comments ( BBC radio 4 “All in the Mind”

   interview) . Listed below are some of the quotes which were left with the

   recent comments.     Thanks, Mark

 

“If you want to discover new Oceans, you have to be brave enough to lose sight of the shore.”

Roger T. Fagan

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” Douglas Bader, Fighter Pilot WWII

Cameron

“We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.” Bill Anders, an astronaut on Apollo 8

 David, Taxi Driver cabbieblog.co.uk

 “I still wear my heart on my sleeve

But these days I wear my sleeve rolled up”

Kathryn

“Buy the truth, NEVER sell it.”

 Lenny

“Youth Is Truth.”

John

 “They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, and if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.” Queen Margaret talking about trees, but equally appropriate to people!

Lorna B

“Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.” Sugar Ray Robinson

Jamie, Musician

“A true friend is one who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you’ve forgotten the words.”

David

“To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.” Goethe

Claudia Hammond,  Presenter,  “All in the Mind”  BBC radio 4

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 Angie

 “For old truths to retain their hold over men’s minds they must be restaited in the language and concepts of successive generations.”

 Anonymous

“More slower you go, less faster you go.”

Anthony

 “Religion is the opiate of the people.” Napoleon Bonaparte

Valentina, Journalist

“Maybe yes maybe no, don’t really know.”

H.B, Car Salesman

“The budget:  I would tax sex that way I would get a rebate!”

Cliff, Greenwich