Wayward Optimism Quotes by Alexander Armstrong

I would slap a tax on plastic to encourage people to use more biodegradable things. I would also like teachers, vicars and other community…

— Alexander Armstrong

Someone put us onto 'Nashville' which we loved. To start with anyway. It was trash but proper trash if you know what I mean.

— Alexander Armstrong

I follow politics avidly. I like sensible people of all political persuasions. My ideal political party would be a pick and mix.

— Alexander Armstrong

I lived on a barge for the first six months, with a cousin. Then on the floor of a friend's house.

— Alexander Armstrong

There was a period in the Nineties when the BBC wanted to act as if it was a trendy Soho independent. They broke up…

— Alexander Armstrong

My parents were relaxed, but very strict on manners. They encouraged us to follow our instincts and desires, so they were quite bohemian in…

— Alexander Armstrong

I no longer have a Maserati - I now have children and a wife.

— Alexander Armstrong

I love food and wine, they are both passions of mine.

— Alexander Armstrong

I've got four boys and villas are not astronomically expensive, especially if you share with another family.

— Alexander Armstrong

The nearest village was a place called Pauperhaugh which was a village in the sense that it had a phone box and a bridge.…

— Alexander Armstrong

I have never actually abandoned singing. I have sung at lots of friends' weddings and family events to keep up my classical repertoire, and…

— Alexander Armstrong

I draw great comfort from remoteness and wildness. I suppose that is why I have always felt the lure of the Arctic so acutely.

— Alexander Armstrong