74 Quotes by Tony Parsons

A tattoo doesn’t make you look like an individual.

I can’t think of a bigger waste of police time than chasing somebody who has said something offensive on Twitter.

I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It’s one of those places I’d always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts.

The thing to remember about Phuket is it’s very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down.

And so we stayed out in the garden of the old house until we couldn’t kick a ball, laughing in the gathering twilight, making the most of the good weather and all the days that were left, our little game watched only by next door’s cat, and every star in the heavens.

It’s painful and it’s messy. But sometimes you just have to make the break and start again.

The British – who rarely start a fight, but always know how to finish it – have nothing to be ashamed of.

My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart – I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade.

But you have learn to let go, my mother said, ‘That’s part of it, isn’t it?’ ‘Part of what?’ Part of what it means to love someone. To really love someone. If you love someone you just don’t see them as an extension of yourself. You don’t just love them for what’s in it for you.′ ‘Love means knowing when to let go,’ she told me.