Victoria Coren Mitchell

We all look stupid in patterned tights.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Pudding is not a human right.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

When I was at school, I got into trouble quite often.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I was a sporadically bossy child.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I've never seen any 'Star Wars' movie.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I'm just a poker player who does a bit of TV.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I dreamed of growing up and becoming a zookeeper.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I've never danced while driving, nor put on makeup.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I have cared so much and so little about the cars I've owned.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Given the choice, the majority of children wouldn't go to school at all. The whole thing's ghastly.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

My 'Only Connect' personality isn't put on: it's definitely me.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

After a bath, we all love to dry off with a towel. But do we need it to survive? No. It's a…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I'm really bored by the constant vilifying of people (especially women) for things they didn't say.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Half the point of education is to build peer groups and social bonds.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I don't know if I'm a writer who plays poker or a poker player who writes.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I have a complicated relationship with the zoo; maybe everyone does. It's so wonderful and so sad.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Politics is a pure meritocracy. That's why Gordon Brown's cabinet had two brothers and a married couple in it. They just happened…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I'm convinced we go to school at the wrong time. I'd have been delighted, aged 12, to get out into the world…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Being bored by clothes shopping feels smart and intellectual: 'Ooh, get me, insufficiently entertained by racks of skinny jeans; my mind is…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Weight gain is good because it makes your dresses tight. This is not necessarily classy or flattering, but it means you don't…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

When I was learning to drive, I thought the big milestones were changing gear, changing lane, and three-point-turns.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Never take your makeup off before bed. Sleep in it. That way, you're all ready to go if a hot postman rings…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Makeup is only fun if it's occasional and capricious - just like it's a treat to have an empty day ahead, but…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Moisturise, moisturise, moisturise... is the motto of people who are in the business of selling moisturisers. Your body is already 60% water.…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Many poker players swear by sleeping a certain number of hours before a tournament, going to the gym in the morning, and…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I pay higher premiums because my speeding points spell 'recklessness' to the insurance company, but you can't imagine how risk-averse I am…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

When I was at school, I was forced to play lacrosse, a game in which tiny, rock-hard missiles fly at your head,…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I'm familiar with that magical mindset during sporting competition where one feels completely zoned in on what's happening. There are occasional nights…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Anger at the wealth gap is no longer about dukes in horse-drawn carriages; it's about vast, tax-dodging corporations. This will not be…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

The truth is, I feel sorry for the Old Etonians. Everybody should be judged on his or her own merits. Assuming that…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Society is notoriously stupid in its failure to harness the wisdom of older women in everything from television to politics, family life…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Seeking to ban things is as bossy as you can get.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

The phrase 'working mum' makes me nervous.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

Many moneyed children grow up with no drive at all.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I like snow, but I don't want to live in Siberia.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

When I was 15, I still liked climbing trees and hiding in cupboards.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I do feel incredibly lucky to be making a living at things I love doing.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

It is impossible to identify a nice scent from within the chemical cloud of a perfume department.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell

I am a big fan of Bournemouth, having enjoyed many happy hours on its sandy beach and crazy golf course.

— Victoria Coren Mitchell