Toby Young Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.”

“The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.”

“If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.”

“People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.”

“America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.”

“I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.”

“I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.”

“There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.”

“I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here.”

“I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted.”