"It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer."

--

Source : "Paxman answers the questions" by Matt Wells, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2005.

Jeremy Paxman

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Answers Quotes

“Think about a seed. Once it lands, it's stuck. It can't move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It's able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun.”
“If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it.”
“Love being different, embrace it, share it, live it because being different is not a curse but a gift we all posses that defines who we are and makes the world a better place.”
“But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.”
“God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust in donors, or in circumstances, but in Him alone, and to keep our eye fixed upon Him.”
“This path, this road that is one perfect straight line even if it goes around the world through heat and fog and rain and snow and it's my life I keep thinking. It's my life.”

Source : Deborah Keenan (2011). “Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems”, p.100, Milkweed Editions
“In my home, who is my boss? If you ask my wife she'll say certainly not her. She claims that she can't make me do anything and so she's not my boss. I am. I'm pretty sure, maybe.”
“Conscience is a Jewish invention.”

You may also like:

Boris Johnson
Mayor of London
Evan Davis
Economist
Jeremy Clarkson
Broadcaster
Jeremy Vine
Author
Jon Snow
Journalist
Peter Mandelson
British Politician
Robert Harris
Novelist
Russell Brand
Comedian
David Dimbleby
Journalist