Hackney Quotes by Tony Robinson

The work that I do doesn't make me feel uptight, It energises me.

— Tony Robinson

I believe that any politician has to be constantly challenged. It is very easy for the rest of us to seduced into thinking they're…

— Tony Robinson

I was an only child. Both my parents came from working-class families in Hackney, east London.

— Tony Robinson

Ancient barrows get cleared away. Legislation is pretty much 19th century. Global warming means there is an awful lot of erosion, exposing new archaeology,…

— Tony Robinson

I didn't have much of a formal education myself.

— Tony Robinson

If I go to posh parties, I hover by the kitchen so I can get as many nice canapes as possible.

— Tony Robinson

A lot of us saw Blackadder in terms of problem-solving - 'Did that work in that episode?' and so on. We were very picky.

— Tony Robinson

Fifty one per cent of 'Time Team' viewers are not of my gender. And that surprised me, because I thought it'd be at least…

— Tony Robinson

There are huge pluses in Scottish archaeology that you simply don't get elsewhere. Partly that's to do with the tragedy of the clearances, and…

— Tony Robinson

I often get very tired but I'll just have a good sleep and a day off and then I'm fine to go again.

— Tony Robinson

A naughty part of me thinks, how come Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tim McInnerny have all done really good parts in a film,…

— Tony Robinson

My job in many ways has been to navigate interesting routes around subjects people think are dull.

— Tony Robinson

A lot of sitcoms don't last more than four series. You could say it's mystic.

— Tony Robinson

I don't know much, but nor do I have the intellectual straitjacket that a lot of people inevitably pick up at university.

— Tony Robinson

The confidence in my ability to be a performer, a steeliness about survival... I learnt all those things from my dad.

— Tony Robinson