James May

I think any carmaker that had a brain and was looking very long-term would think about 'Personalised Transport Solutions' - which may…

— James May

In 1988, before I'd written a word for a car magazine or stood in front of a camera, I was a subeditor…

— James May

It's healthy to have two car shows. Why not? The viewer gets twice as much car show to watch.

— James May

It would be a bloody tough call to do 'Top Gear' without Jeremy. That would be a bit of a daft idea.

— James May

I woke up one morning and realised that one of the problems with being a middle-aged man - of being a man…

— James May

I'm quite happy to laugh at Argentina's obsession with ham and cheese, but not, you know, delicate bits of their history.

— James May

There's this perception that I've got this huge collection of old cars. I don't.

— James May

I'm not very ambitious, sorry... I don't get up and think, 'Today, I shall achieve greatness.' It's more, 'Today I might have…

— James May

I felt that needed to be addressed: the idea that anything a man tries to do properly or thoroughly is dismissed as…

— James May

'Top Gear''s popularity is a complete mystery to me. Maybe it's because it's still a car programme, but it's turned into a…

— James May

I'm a great believer in the principle of try it and work it out. If a gadget is designed well, you can…

— James May

I find the history of toys very interesting on an academic level - they're very much products of their time, just like…

— James May

The greatest luxury now in being reasonably well-off - overlooking the Ferrari and the aeroplane - is that I can always go…

— James May

I was a car journalist when I started on 'Top Gear.' It was all about cars. And then it all spun out…

— James May

Modern man is in crisis. He has degenerated from the redoubtable pillar he became through centuries of refinement and slipped resignedly into…

— James May

I have never stormed off over money or contracts. I am paid quite well by 'Top Gear.' I am pretty happy, and…

— James May

I'm on television far too much. I'm not sure why. I've watched myself on TV from time to time. It's painful.

— James May

I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.

— James May

I am actually a perfectly capable modern man who can cook, clean, wash, and find my way to places, but nobody believes…

— James May

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters;…

— James May

When it comes to watches, it's ironic that you can spend thousands on an exquisitely made mechanical watch, and yet it will…

— James May

Boilersuits are used by everybody from pilots in the army to racing drivers to people who clean your drains. The one piece…

— James May

Nice girls at school whose fathers owned a Volvo were unapproachable and probably condemned to spinsterhood for all time, simply because no…

— James May

Jeremy can't do anything. I've never discovered anything he can do. I mean, he can drive a car round a track pretty…

— James May

The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so…

— James May

There are very few things in real life on which I agree with Jeremy Clarkson, surprisingly few for people who have to…

— James May

Bicycles should not be insured or registered, and cycling proficiency should not be subject to a test. That's just weak-kneed nonsense from…

— James May

There are all sorts of things embodied in the Lego brick - geometry and mathematics and truth and proportion and shape and…

— James May

I don't have a worry about women because I keep reading that not only are they better at school, they are now…

— James May

I'm in favour of the old roles being blurred. The old division at school where the boys did metalwork and woodwork and…

— James May

I think the astute viewer can recognise I am the proper bloke, because I have a toolbox and can put things back…

— James May

The reality is that we do not have an air traffic control system that is smart enough and technologically capable enough to…

— James May

Someone once told me that I was 12 inside. The only thing 12-year-olds crave is more Lego. Lego is fun; it's therapeutic.…

— James May