--- title: "4 Mark Lawson Quotes - Famous Journalist (Design in Modular Construction)" description: "Mark Gerard Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author. Specialising in culture and the arts, he is best known for presenting the flagship ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-lawson-64239.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-lawson-64239.jpg) # Mark Lawson (1962) Journalist United Kingdom **4** quotes in **67** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Lawson is a journalist from the United Kingdom, best known for *Design in Modular Construction*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Lawson Born April 11, 1962 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Journalist Notable works Design in Modular Construction ## About Mark Lawson Mark Gerard Lawson is an English journalist, broadcaster and author. Specialising in culture and the arts, he is best known for presenting the flagship BBC Radio 4 arts programme Front Row between 1998 and 2014. He is also a Guardian columnist, and presented Mark Lawson Talks To... on BBC Four from 2006 to 2015. ## Quotes by Mark Lawson > [Office tends to confer a dreadful plausibility on even the most negligible of those who hold it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausibility-on-even-the-most/) [Mark Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawson/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/mark-lawson-69093_inspirational_office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausi_97377.jpg) > [One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/one-of-the-things-which-separates-british-and-american-culture-is-the/) [Mark Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawson/) [American culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mark-lawson-69093_american-culture_one-of-the-things-which-separates-britis_892237.jpg) > [I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/i-have-a-confession-to-make-yesterday-i-was-responsible-for-the/) [Mark Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawson/) [Britons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/britons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/mark-lawson-69093_britons_i-have-a-confession-to-make-yesterday-i_1455038.jpg) > [Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/critics-are-giving-marks-for-originality-acting-photography-and/) [Mark Lawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawson/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/mark-lawson-69093_acting_critics-are-giving-marks-for-originality_2658922.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lawson/#itemlist", "name": "Mark Lawson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Office tends to confer a dreadful plausibility on even the most negligible of those who hold it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Lawson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausibility-on-even-the-most/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/mark-lawson-69093_inspirational_office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausi_97377.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/mark-lawson-69093_inspirational_office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausi_97377.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/mark-lawson-69093_inspirational_office-tends-to-confer-a-dreadful-plausi_97377.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Office tends to confer a dreadful plausibility on even the most negligible of those who hold it.” — Mark Lawson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American culture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Lawson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lawson/one-of-the-things-which-separates-british-and-american-culture-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mark-lawson-69093_american-culture_one-of-the-things-which-separates-britis_892237.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mark-lawson-69093_american-culture_one-of-the-things-which-separates-britis_892237.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mark-lawson-69093_american-culture_one-of-the-things-which-separates-britis_892237.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American…” — Mark Lawson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a confession to make. 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