Attributed No Source Quotes

“We did not know there were rules. We probably looked at the rules and decided they made no sense.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out."
- Gilda Perilli
I cannot think of better advice for an entrepreneur.
Gordon Roddick, quoting his mother-in-law, Gilda Perilli.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Never play polo with anyone you don’t like, and never be bamboozled into thinking you can play as well as the Argentines.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Unbeatable. The beat goes on.”
― Gordon Roddick

“I pulled myself
Over the rim of my grim
Void
And saw two horses talking
Closely
In a green field,
But they heard me watching
And hid their secret faces
In the grass,
And then my glass
Tear-splashed on the laughing
Mirror.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Live to your own morality and tell the rest to go to hell.”
― Gordon Roddick

“I love the creativity of non-violence to make change.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Paying it forward – a revolution in kindness.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Create real change in society, business and politics.”
― Gordon Roddick

“38 Degrees. Committee for the future.”
― Gordon Roddick

“38 Degrees.
After the calamitous loss of Anita, I was looking for something to honour her that had a hint of activism and would be one of her legacy marks.”
― Gordon Roddick

“38 Degrees. I wanted to set up a campaigning group, free of political baggage, that would give ordinary people from all walks of life a chance to come together, to lobby on social and political issues and make Britain a better and fairer place to live.”
― Gordon Roddick

“As for the future, 30 Degrees looks good and will develop more of a heart to keep authority honest. I hope they will be more radical and don’t get sucked into the dance of Parliament.”
― Gordon Roddick

“We named the activist organisation 38 Degrees, the angle at which snowflakes come together to trigger an avalanche. I believe it did cause an avalanche of activism and protest, an unstoppable momentum.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Gone
Good were the days
That were myselfness
Today are the days of otherness
Other than this
Is nothingness
Nothing than this is profitless
The whole bloody lot is meaningless
And I am
Gone
Good were the days”
― Gordon Roddick

“And in this soak lies an episode of love’s long life.”
― Gordon Roddick

“The day’s sun lined a thin thread
In my eye
And I
And I
See her
In all the moments of my seed
In all the moments of my eye.”
― Gordon Roddick

“What we have is the now, the working for others. To be of service, to celebrate your life. We must nurture the love that we have created.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Wanting to slow down and savour as much as possible.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Here is a key to unlock a memory or two.”
― Gordon Roddick

“Do good, or make trouble for those who are not doing good.”
― Gordon Roddick

“It uncovers layer by layer all the complexities and innuendos, all the colours, shades of honesty and sincerity cast aside. It is a terrible relief to be part of a thing that holds such meaning.”
― Gordon Roddick

“It comes heavy with doses of passion.”
― Gordon Roddick

“I am suddenly
Held still,
Held still,
But filled
With her.
I am suddenly
Turned
But revolve
About her.
I am suddenly
Me,
But breathe
About her.
I am suddenly
Held still
By her.”
― Gordon Roddick

“What a thing is this
River we run
What a thing is this
Music we fill
What a thing is this
Love we fun
What a thing is this
Quiet we still
What a thing is this
Universe we spin
What a thing is this
That is us”
― Gordon Roddick

“I can’t diminish my part in the life of The Body Shop and, of course, the determination and brilliant foresight of Anita, the trail she blazed and the dance she led us all on, the things we achieved and how much she is missed even after all these years, beyond her tragic death on 10 September 2007 – the years have gone quickly.”
― Gordon Roddick

“I am now 80+ and happy to be alive and sitting in the departure lounge. Anita and I made a great partnership, sometimes stormy, and we achieved a lot together in the great arena of life. I hope to exit with a smile, surrounded by my family.”
― Gordon Roddick

“I am sure
If I were
An artist
I would concentrate
On the bone end
Of a bird’s broken wing
Or the bullet hole
In cold, damp, dead flesh
And the transition from death’s cold warmth
To the putrefaction
Of a biochemical mess
And
I am sure
If I were
An artist
That these dead and dying things
Which are within themselves
Beauty
Would bring me closer
To her life
And to her
Beauty
Which is beauty within itself”
― Gordon Roddick

“You
With
Your public eyes
And your
Dark hair
I fun your love
And am
Pooled
Into your
Holy See”
― Gordon Roddick

“FUNNY THAT
I cannot think what is
distinct about my life?
What is not
Is what I’ve got
It’s not like
I’ve run rife.
I’ve mostly left that
To my wife.”
― Gordon Roddick