“What a parade, what an afternoon, it had to be the best parade with this rain, otherwise it is not Manchester”. Pep Guardiola
“Manchester’s got everything except a beach”. Ian Brown
“In England they say that Manchester is the city of rain. It’s main attraction is considered to be the timetable at the railway station where trains leave for other, less rainy cities” Nemanja Vidic
“Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times” Benjamin Disraeli
“Because I’m from Manchester I’m always looking for a bit of blue sky” Dom Thomas
“Manchester…the belly and guts of the nation”. George Orwell
“Manchester has everything but good looks…, the only place in England which escapes our characteristic vice of snobbery.” A. J. P. Taylor
“Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion” Emmeline Pankhurst
‘What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. Instead of the city of the Violet Crown, a Lancashire village has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Yet, rightly understood, Manchester is as great a human exploit; as Athens.” Benjamin Disraeli
“Ugly, smoky Manchester; dear, busy, earnest, noble-working Manchester” Elizabeth Gaskell 1847
Concilio Et Labore (“by wisdom and effort” or “by counsel and work”).
Nick Inston 