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. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots. — 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 Image
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there? — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
