Quote #12
'Anybody who destroys anything made of stone should be prosecuted. It is not all beautiful, but it took a man all day to make one stone.'
More from Fred Dibnah
- 'I'm just a bum who climbs chimneys.'
- 'Steeplejacking's a bit of a spasmodic job, so you can play with your steam engine instead. It's a bit like being very rich.'
- 'I have a wash more now than I used to y'know... I have a shower everynight.'
- 'If you make one mistake, it's half a day out with the undertaker.'
- 'Height gives you a wonderful feeling of grandeur. You're the king of the castle up here.'
- 'It's a funny thing this celebrity. If you don't wave back you're a miserable bugger, if you do wave back you're a big-headed bugger. I don…
- 'I set out as a steeplejack in my youth to preserve chimneys. I've finished by knocking most of them down.'
- 'The thing is nowadays, you'll have 20 men working, yet 60 men telling them 'You can't do that, you ain't got a tin hat on''.