Jeremy Paxman Quotes

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.

Jeremy Paxman

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TruthThoughtSearchCynicismOff

I'm fully aware, fully on, and fully kind of designing everything that goes on with me. Anything that's happening is definitely on my table.

Jeremy Scott

MeTableKindEverythingAnything

I went to Legoland in Denmark when I was five, I think, but I went to Germany when I was 17 to have a little adventure after graduation.

Jens Lekman

AdventureGraduationThinkLittle

When the oldest surviving record company goes all in on a conductor, everyone notices.

Andris Nelsons

CompanyEveryoneSurvivingGoes

My grandmother taught me how to make the basic pate brise pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything - sweet or savory.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

MeSweetDinnerNightEatingYoung

I remember burying a girl fourteen years of age who had died with a ruptured appendix... I buried a good many people that I knew, some of whom I loved.

Tommy Douglas

GoodGirlAgePeopleLovedRemember

We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food.

Tom Colicchio

GoodHomeFoodGovernmentSchool

If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all.

Rodney Dangerfield

LifeSex

I've always been curious. I keep a list of people I'd love to have lunch with, like the Pope or Leonard Cohen. I'll read an article about someone I've never met and think, 'I should ask him to lunch!'

Diane Sawyer

LoveCuriousPeopleLunchThinkAsk

The only thing major labels can really offer is money.

Conor Oberst

MoneyOnlyOfferLabelsReally

Palestinians don't really believe in a state of Israel. They, unlike a majority of Israelis, who have come to the conclusion that they can live with a two-state solution to be determined by the parties, the majority of Palestinians are still very reluctant, and they need to be pushed to get there.

Chuck Schumer

LiveBelieveSolutionNeedIsrael

Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so much that their superstition is a shame to them.

Pliny the Elder

RespectMenBelieveBetterShameUs

For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen.

Rick Wright

MusicMeThinkDoingPlayHappen

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