Halliwell Quotes & Sayings

I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'. — Geri Halliwell

Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away. — Geri Halliwell

For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. — Geri Halliwell

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me. — Geri Halliwell

I'm so supported, and I'm so privileged. So many women today are single parents; I don't feel different. I think you get out of life what you put into it ... and Bluebell was a beautiful accident. I feel blessed to have her. I'm learning every day as a mother. — Geri Halliwell

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline. — Geri Halliwell

I've always made my own clothes since I was a little girl. I was a terrible sewer, but I was always cutting and customising. — Geri Halliwell

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum. — Geri Halliwell

For all that people have tried to abuse it and disown it. "feminism" is still the word we need. No other word will do. And let's face it, there has been no other word, save "Girl Power"
which makes you sound like you're into some branch of Scientology owned by Geri Halliwell. That "Girl Power" has been the sole rival to the word "feminism" in the last 50 years is a cause for much sorrow on behalf of the women. After all, P. Diddy has had four different names, and he's just one man. — Caitlin Moran

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past. — Geri Halliwell

So, maybe we need to let go of solutions for a while and look instead at how we're trying to reach them. If simply striving for a happier life were the answer, wouldn't it have worked by now? — Ed Halliwell

Yes, Sept 11th was unfortunate — Geri Halliwell

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar. — Geri Halliwell

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love. — Geri Halliwell

On the beach, we women are at our most exposed and therefore most vulnerable. As any woman deserves to look and feel good, especially when she's away on holiday, she needs swimwear that pays proper attention to comfort and function. And there should also be some thought put into value. — Geri Halliwell

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense. — Geri Halliwell

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up. — Geri Halliwell

I am the first to admit I have made a couple of mistakes: two trips to rehab, Rudebox, the album, Geri Halliwell. I should have gone for Victoria, really, shouldn't I? I'd have been really famous. — Robbie Williams

I've learnt that if I tell myself I'm not allowed something, I binge on it later. So if I want chocolate, I have chocolate. If I want biscuits, I have biscuits. I love cake. I just love cake. — Geri Halliwell

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe. — Geri Halliwell

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy. — Geri Halliwell

First my mother was Spanish. Then she became a Jehovahs Witness. — Geri Halliwell

I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world. — Geri Halliwell

It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated. — Geri Halliwell

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm damn well gonna do it! — Geri Halliwell

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all. — Geri Halliwell

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter. — Geri Halliwell

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down. — Geri Halliwell

For me, reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt. — Geri Halliwell

There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty. — Geri Halliwell

I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell. — Matt Lucas

It's about labeling. For me feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness. — Geri Halliwell

I'm always coming up against scepticism in my life. — Geri Halliwell

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing. — Geri Halliwell

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves, don't take life too seriously. — Geri Halliwell

A pat on the back is six inches away from a kick up the ass. — Geri Halliwell

We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously. — Geri Halliwell

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis. — Geri Halliwell

I don't know a lot about politics but I have great trust in him as leader. — Geri Halliwell

Everyone has a mad half-hour once a month. — Geri Halliwell

It is a blessing to have pretty people around me. I like people who are sparky, positive. Evil, dark people are repelled by me: 'Oooh no! Too much sunlight.' — Geri Halliwell

I won't mention the word tired. This is the 20th century and I can go around a little faster. — Geri Halliwell

Step by step, the road is long, but at the end you can touch a star. — Geri Halliwell

I've been all sorts of different shapes and sizes at different times in my life. — Geri Halliwell

If people choose to engage on a one-dimensional level that's fine. But going beyond the surface can enrich ourselves as human beings. — Geri Halliwell

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles. — Geri Halliwell

I'd never choose to turn the clock back. — Geri Halliwell

Words are like butter Rolling off my lips Cut like a knife And now I'm sinking battleships — Geri Halliwell

Lyrically I'm very ironic and silly, but I hope I'll touch your heart — Geri Halliwell

I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could. — Geri Halliwell

I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s. — Geri Halliwell

I am absolutely blessed and I'm very grateful for where I am today. — Geri Halliwell

I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example. — Geri Halliwell

I've had singing lessons and plan to show off. — Geri Halliwell

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish. — Geri Halliwell

Because we have never been taught any other way to meet our distress, we don't realize how much our habits of avoidance or brooding are making things worse, turning momentary tiredness into exhaustion, momentary fear into chronic worry, and momentary sadness into chronic unhappiness and depression. So it isn't our fault that we end up exhausted, anxious, or depressed. We have been given only certain tools to deal with things we don't like: get rid of it, work harder, be better, be perfect - and if we fail to make things different, we too easily conclude that we are a failure as a person. — Ed Halliwell

When I'm scared, my natural state is to hide and run for cover. — Geri Halliwell

I like doing accents. One of my friends works in hotel reservations and I'll ring her up and complain about the suite. Sometimes I get her. — Geri Halliwell

World Health Organization predicts that by the year 2030, depression will be the planet's biggest health problem.3 — Ed Halliwell

Competition is for dogs and horses. — Geri Halliwell

I love Australian people. — Geri Halliwell

I never got home so early in my entire Manhattan career. This includes the time I had fifteen minutes to get home, change and go to the movie theater to stand on line for six hours for the midnight showing of "Twilight".
Don't judge me. My mother does that enough for twenty people. — Robert Halliwell

Celebrity has some amazing advantages, of course it does. You're given an extraordinary power. It's a door-opener. I might not have to queue for things. — Geri Halliwell

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at. — Geri Halliwell

My favorite word is existentialism. I can't say it and I'm not quite sure what it means. — Geri Halliwell

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself. — Geri Halliwell

Given a choice of weapons with you sir, I should choose grammar. — Halliwell Hobbes

I obviously want to give a healthy body image to my own daughter. I think having good examples, eating properly, that's all one can do - and just be really loving around her. I've tried to give her confidence in who she is. I think she's all right in the confidence department. — Geri Halliwell

In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary. — Geri Halliwell

I was so afraid of upsetting people, and not being liked for saying something that was not to everyone's taste. — Geri Halliwell

...there is something very vital happening when we breathe - without it we die - but trying to speed it up, force it, grasp it, push it away or control it tends to get in the way. As in breathing, so in life - we can learn a lot from the natural rhythm, pace, and un-fussiness of the way breath continues its work, without making a big deal out of it. — Ed Halliwell

I often joke that I could write 'War and Peace' and make it sound like Geri Halliwell wrote it. — Michael Robotham

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women. — Geri Halliwell

I know that I've overfed myself trying to prop myself up because I'm exhausted. — Geri Halliwell

I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows? — Geri Halliwell

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was. — Geri Halliwell

I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears. — Geri Halliwell

I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic. — Geri Halliwell

Much of the time the mind is wandering, either drawn to focus, ruminate, or push away unpleasant experiences, or chasing after stuff we like. But if we don't practise being still, we are prone to get blown about by every wind, buffeted by the ups and downs of life. By training to pay attention precisely and gently to the breath, coming back again and again, we cultivate a resilience that allows us to be present when difficulty and temptation arises. Distractions still come, but we don't get so lost in them. — Ed Halliwell

I do get scared, but I think - like it says in another book I've read - feel the fear and do it anyway. I try to have courage, pray a little bit and work through it. I'd rather try, even if I fail. — Geri Halliwell

There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way. — Geri Halliwell

The thing is, when I feel like I have to lose weight, the opposite happens. I remember stuffing loads of chocolate on the plane to the shoot, and I thought, 'Why don't you have the courage to show up in a body that's natural, not overly worked out?' — Geri Halliwell