Jeremy Paxman Quotes & Sayings
17 most famous Jeremy Paxman quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 74 year old Scottish journalist born on May 11, 1950.
“The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.”
“Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick.”
“The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.”
“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.”
“I find it odd that people take me seriously.”
“I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?”
“One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.”
“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 search for truth.”
“It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.”
“It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.”
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