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… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
“Everything human … has its period: nations, like mortal men, advance only to decline; dismembered empire and diminished glory mark a crisis in the constitution;” — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
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. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
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… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there? — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say,… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share
