Wallop

Raphael Bob-Waksberg

American Comedian

I think '300 Arguments' is a real tiny wallop of a book. It looks very slim, and at first, each little two-sentence or one-sentence thing kind of stands on its own, but again, as you read it, you get sucked into the momentum of it, and the whole of it is much larger than the sum of its parts in a really beautiful way.

Alice Oswald

British Poet

I have this exercise where I force myself to look out from the flower's point of view at these great walloping humans coming down the path, and try, just try and feel it from their point of view because it's a different world to them, a fascinating hard one.

Len Goodman

British Dancer

I come from a broken home. My parents split up when I was nine. Everyone gave me a good wallop. But I come from a time when you just put up with that, you got on with things rather than sitting moaning about them.

Andrew Flintoff

English Entertainer

Big things, a real crisis, I think I'm pretty good, but this little thing will just wallop me. I think I'm managing depression better now: when the mood comes, I just try and sit it out.

Stephen Mangan

English Actor

Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him - he didn't try to be our best friend.

David Attenborough

British Journalist

I've been bitten by a python. Not a very big one. I was being silly, saying: 'Oh, it's not poisonous...' Then, wallop! But you have fear around animals.

Jimmy Bullard

Youre not exactly going to do a prank on the hardest player at your football club, when you know hes going to give you a wallop.

Holly Willoughby

English Celebrity

I like an eyeshadow stick because I can just wallop it on, smudge it in and you're done!

Enda Kenny

Irish Politician

Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process.