46 Quotes by Jeremy Paxman

At last someone takes me seriously.

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

I'm afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one's posture, deportment and general cast of face.

The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?

[Cycling] is easily the quickest way around central London, faster than bus, Tube or taxi. You can predict precisely how long every journey will take, regardless of traffic jams, Tube strikes or leaves on the line. It provides excellent exercise. It does not pollute the atmosphere. It does not clog up the streets.

At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.