64 Quotes by Brian Blessed

In the Arctic I met some Russian sailors on a submarine and they chorused, “Gordon’s alive!”

I love Scotland – I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on ‘Braveheart,’ you know. If I have two or three days off, I love nothing more than driving up there and climbing around Glencoe.

My brother Alan – who was seven years younger than me – died from leukemia when he was 52. He never knew a day’s good health – I wish I could have given him some of my good health. But he was always so cheerful and sweet.

I’ve completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I’ve been training in a centrifuge and MiG Fighter with a view to going into space and being a spokesman for space exploration!

I can’t retire from life. I love life too much and I cannot wait to start the day.

In the news this week, the polls continue to slide for Gordon Brown and some people are saying he’s dead and buried. But I think the opposite – I say GORDON’S ALIVE!

My dad was opening fast bowler for Yorkshire’s second team and I couldn’t believe he could die. He wasn’t going to get better for at least six months, so I left school early to become the family breadwinner.

When I was in Downing Street, David Cameron saw me and said, “Please, shout it all around and let it penetrate to my cabinet meeting.” So I bellowed: “Gordon’s alive!”

I’ve always hated it when people overspend, are spoilt or throw their money away.