Gavin Esler Quotes
I'm not anti-American. But I am very strongly anti American bacon - the worst bacon in the world.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
It's perhaps easier to say what prog rock isn't than what it is: it's not three-minute pop songs, it's not straightforward rock, metal, blues or jazz, but can have elements of all them and more. It's a form that is on the boundaries of many different forms, that is open to all sorts of influences.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
A Jethro Tull album was - along with Cream and Led Zeppelin - one of the first I ever bought.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
The country I live in is never clear about its name. My passport says 'the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,' and citizens of the U.K. may call themselves British, English, Scottish, Welsh or from Northern Ireland.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Donald Trump's tweets attract ridicule from some. But clearly they communicate effectively with his millions of supporters.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
There is a common British delusion that we 'understand' America. We don't. Watching 'Friends' listening to Bruce Springsteen, eating at McDonald's and visiting Disneyland does not do it.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Rich, poor, white, people of colour, are all equally irreplaceable.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Maybe I should declare a bias. I like Americans. Always have. Always will.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
I feel very fragile cycling in London, whereas in Berlin there are proper cycle paths everywhere.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
When I visit universities in the U.A.E., the U.S. and across Europe, I see the faces of the leaders of tomorrow.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
My father was a member of the Dunkirk Veterans Association.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Mini-skirts, Prada and Agnes B are for New York and L.A. Washington is more America's equivalent of Marks & Spencer.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Leaders of organisations, political parties and large businesses frequently fail to talk in a straight and entirely truthful fashion.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Life is about relationships, not transactions.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Amateurism has its place in government, in journalism and also on the tennis court, but lack of expertise means politicians routinely promise far more than they achieve.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
My taste in coffee has got better with age, and so has my taste in music.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
I can be incredibly stubborn and I'm not sure how that reflects in my looks. The family name is German and translates as donkey! If I think I'm right, I hope I don't seem grumpy.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
Anyone who goes through divorce goes through a very hard time.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
There are people who appear on television who are paid for by shadowy think tanks whose financing they won't come clean about.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
We need to create a sense of shame about racism, and about leaders who deliberately mislead and lie.
Gavin Esler
Chancellor of the University of Kent
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