Jeremy Hardy

Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the…

— Jeremy Hardy

Chemistry seems to be pretty much nailed down, and biology gains ground all the time. But physics seems to be mired in…

— Jeremy Hardy

I'm writing a movie script about vampires with an animator called Michael Booth.

— Jeremy Hardy

If you just took everyone in the BNP and everyone who votes for them and shot them in the back of the…

— Jeremy Hardy

I suppose I would like to find out more about my grandparents because I knew them when I was too young to…

— Jeremy Hardy

I suppose there wasn't a well-worn path into the British space programme because we didn't really have a space programme. Dad was…

— Jeremy Hardy

Apparently, some physicists argue that time is curved. I suppose this means that the past is in some way still present.

— Jeremy Hardy

“I think we mistake sadness for depression, because life is basically sad, and its the failure to recognize that that leads to…

— Jeremy Hardy

I'm not terribly ambitious, not terribly driven.

— Jeremy Hardy

My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and…

— Jeremy Hardy

The image of my face I hold in my mind is always about 10 years out of date.

— Jeremy Hardy

I love many places to which I have no connection, but identifying an ancestor, or someone I think is an ancestor, has…

— Jeremy Hardy

I've never been able to understand how risk-averse my mum is. She hated conkers, pea shooters, and anything that could have someone's…

— Jeremy Hardy

I feel that our attitude to our borders is wrong; it's the first time that an awful lot of people think you…

— Jeremy Hardy

For me, ancestry is just one thing that connects us to people, and feeling connected to other people is generally a good…

— Jeremy Hardy

Instead of people thinking, 'Oh God, look at this terrible refugee crisis; we must do our bit', there's a lot of people…

— Jeremy Hardy

Marriage is like the witness protection programme: you get all new clothes, you live in the suburbs, and you're not allowed to…

— Jeremy Hardy

I love doing 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' on Radio 4. It's my favourite thing to do because it's just daft:…

— Jeremy Hardy

My daughter wanted a new pair of trainers. I told her You're eleven, make your own!

— Jeremy Hardy

Most harm is done by people who are awake.

— Jeremy Hardy

Northern Ireland is part of Ireland, not Britain, as can clearly be seen from aerial photographs.

— Jeremy Hardy

Capitalism is a great idea in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work.

— Jeremy Hardy

Titles always sound so pretentious, and when I see a comedian, I just want the person to take flight, not stick to…

— Jeremy Hardy

My maternal grandmother had what might be described in a school report as a 'lively imagination.' She told us that she was…

— Jeremy Hardy

I've always thought I'd like to be something more exotic than C of E. I can't even say I'm lapsed. You don't…

— Jeremy Hardy