Alan Titchmarsh famous quotes

03-24-2025

I never get bored of my wife. It's lovely.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Bored #Wife #Lovely
I wish we could grow up about it, I'm sure we are contributing to global warming, and we must do all we can to reduce that, but our climate has always changed. The Romans had vineyards in Yorkshire. We're all on this bandwagon of 'Ban the 4x4 in Fulham'. Why didn't we have global warming during the Industrial Revolution? In those days you couldn't have seen across the street for all the carbon emissions and the crap coming out of the chimneys.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Growing Up #Wish #Climate
Be kind to your garden and be gentle on your back!
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Garden #Be Kind #Kind
I am partly to blame for the decking boom, and I am sorry, I know it?s everywhere these days.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Sorry #Blame #These Days
Gardening is, apart from having children, the most rewarding thing in life
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Children #Things In Life #Gardening
Once I was on a plane and a woman said to me, 'Now, what's the matter with my tomatoes?' And I said, 'Well, it's a bit difficult to see from here.' She took offence and said, 'I was only trying to be friendly.'
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Trying #Friendly #Tomatoes
Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Mean #Flying #Needs
I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a pity more people don't appreciate what's on their doorstep.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#People #Appreciate #Sides
Always take much less than you think you'll need.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Thinking #Needs
I don't spend much on clothes. I buy old books. I tell myself I ought to save - it's the classic Northern work ethic. I like good holidays, though. I'm a big fan of cruises. I love unpacking once and having the scenery change every day.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Book #Holiday #Clothes
I don't like people being rude. Bad manners and arrogance make me cross. People making others feel uncomfortable. And I really don't like it in restaurants when people are rude or patronising to waiters. I feel like saying, 'They're not your slave'. But my knees only shake around once every five years. You're safe, don't worry.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Years #Worry #People
Depends on the evening. A good red wine is nice in cold weather. A Claret or a Rioja. I've got a good gin we make from damson plums. And you can't beat a glass of champagne every now and again.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Nice #Wine #Glasses
I'm a big fan of the Queen. She carries herself well, as does the Prince of Wales, despite getting lots of stick.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Queens #Fans #Doe
Julia Roberts was really rather lovely. I had to interview her on Pebble Mill At One years ago. You learn not to be starstruck if you're trying to get a decent interview out of someone. If you fall apart it's counter productive.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Fall #Years #Lovely
I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Thinking #Car #Racing
Airports - they're not my idea of fun at all. Some of the staff are lovely, but you do always get one or two that seem to forget that it's actually costing you a lot of money to be there and be insulted by their surliness. Times have obviously changed and we need to get used to being more strictly vetted, but they could be more pleasant about it. A smile wouldn't go amiss.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Fun #Airports #Ideas
Georgian England, to see those wonderful houses being built. And the clothes were interesting too, although I wouldn't want to wear a wig. It's also the most beautiful period of English landscape gardening. They had famous gardeners like Capability Brown.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Beautiful #Clothes #Interesting
I love Chatsworth, Winchester Cathedral, Edinburgh Castle... Every time I'm in the vicinity of something old and worth looking at, I try to go. You don't even have to leave your home town to see some places. How many Londoners have seen the crown jewels? Not many, and they'll blow you away, I promise.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Home #Blow #Jewels
I get nice letters, but really I have no idea. I just try to enthuse people. You've been married for 31 years.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Nice #Years #Ideas
People think cruises are for old folk, but they are amazing, as you get to see so many places, and you're never stuck as you're docked in a different port every day.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Thinking #People #Different
I get up to 400 letters a week, so I have a full-time PA, but I try to answer everything. People don't seem to realise that if they send something living in the post it's going to die on the way. Especially when you wrap it in a polythene bag.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#People #Trying #Way
My wife and I always have a winter holiday that I call the "fly and flop". In January and February, you don't want culture, you just want to get your bones warm and eat, drink, sleep. We usually go to the Caribbean.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Holiday #Sleep #Winter
You hope people won't be tricky or miserable. If you're in public life, it's important not to be. If someone says, 'I like your programme, thank you,' you should be grateful. I am. Why be nasty?
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#I Like You #Grateful #People
When I'm in Italy on a Friday night, my first supper there is a big bowl of fresh pasta and a glass of local wine, sitting outside. There's nothing better.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Friday #Wine #Night
I was very inventive. I lived in my own world - my dad said I was a loner. Not lonely, just happy in my own company. It's the same now. I need time alone, which is maybe why I love to write. Having said that, I love the sociability of telly. It's a nice contrast.
-- Alan Titchmarsh

#Lonely #Dad #Nice

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