Cornish Quotes


I know people sometimes have this fantasy about Cornwall. But the Cornish are so grounded.

The whole object of my life has been to inculcate into Cornish people a sense of their Cornishness.

I've had to do all kinds of jobs to pay the rent. I've even worked in a Cornish tin mine.

I've got German Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests the sea and fatty foods.

There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language.

And have they fixed the where and when? And shall Trelawny die? Here's thirty thousand Cornish men Will know the reason why!

If you are writing about baloney don't try and make it Cornish hen because that's the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney.

The fact that Cornish exists at all is just incredible as is the work that people are doing down there it's such an important part of who people are.