The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced — Jeremy Paxman Capitalism Copy Share Image
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman Bird Copy Share Image
“Everything human … has its period: nations, like mortal men, advance only to decline; dismembered empire and diminished glory mark a crisis… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward. — Jeremy Paxman Awkward 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… — Jeremy Paxman Attention 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… — Jeremy Paxman Ancestor Copy Share Image
The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect. — Jeremy Paxman Approach 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… — Jeremy Paxman Half 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… — Jeremy Paxman Block 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… — Jeremy Paxman Believe Copy Share Image
Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there? — Jeremy Paxman Funny Copy Share Image
I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks. — Jeremy Paxman Faces Copy Share Image
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 Faces Copy Share Image
It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish… — Jeremy Paxman Bears Copy Share Image
I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation… — Jeremy Paxman America Copy Share Image
One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the… — Jeremy Paxman Adolescence Copy Share Image
The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a… — Jeremy Paxman Computers Copy Share Image
Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity. — Jeremy Paxman Arrogant Copy Share Image
The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman Early bird Copy Share Image
“The Seven Years War of 1756–63 has often been considered the first ‘world war’. It certainly shares its European origins with the… — Jeremy Paxman War Copy Share Image
Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots. — Jeremy Paxman Assuming Copy Share Image
I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative… — Jeremy Paxman America Copy Share Image
