46 Quotes by Jeremy Paxman

I find it odd that people take me seriously.

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.

Ones teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.

I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks.

I got fed up of listening to bollocks

Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?

I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.

It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.