Top 30 Carol Vorderman Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.”

— Carol Vorderman

2. “Most people have the wrong idea about me because I’ve been very private.”

— Carol Vorderman

3. “For now I’m building up stories for the retirement home!”

— Carol Vorderman

4. “More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That’s one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now.”

— Carol Vorderman

5. “My bottom is so big it’s got its own gravitational field.”

— Carol Vorderman

6. “Everything has to be organised for kids in London – you can’t just walk three roads to see a friend.”

— Carol Vorderman

7. “Change is one of my favourite words.”

— Carol Vorderman

8. “I do need my independence. I have to have that.”

— Carol Vorderman

9. “I’d be happy to stay single now because I’ve always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.”

— Carol Vorderman

10. “The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He’s now remarried so there’s no chance of us getting back together.”

— Carol Vorderman

11. “I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed ‘Countdown in Leeds,’ which was scary. It was sad as he’d been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV.”

— Carol Vorderman

12. “Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I won’t be restricted by age.”

— Carol Vorderman

13. “My father was having an affair with a 16-year-old when Mum was pregnant with me. She found out when I was three weeks old and left, not surprisingly.”

— Carol Vorderman

14. “Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You’ll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I’ve ever been with another woman.”

— Carol Vorderman

15. “I loved doing ‘Countdown.’ I now consider that I was very, very lucky – not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long.”

— Carol Vorderman

16. “Once you have children it’s love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?”

— Carol Vorderman

17. “I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the ‘Here’s your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.’ I’m not made that way. I have to be as good as I can be at whatever I do.”

— Carol Vorderman

18. “I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I’m quite frugal and often cut my own hair.”

— Carol Vorderman

19. “I’m terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I’m out partying I just can’t be bothered and now I am on ‘Loose Women’ that tends to be all the time. I hope next year holds even more parties for me.”

— Carol Vorderman

20. “How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters.”

— Carol Vorderman

21. “If you’re from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that’s what makes you who you are.”

— Carol Vorderman

22. “I was away a lot on ‘Countdown’ when the children were young and I couldn’t have done it without Mum’s help. Because she was at home running all of that, I never had to worry about them.”

— Carol Vorderman

23. “The first couple of days on the detox diet aren’t pleasant.”

— Carol Vorderman

24. “One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing – a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn’t realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried.”

— Carol Vorderman

25. “My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I’m having a whale of a time.”

— Carol Vorderman

26. “The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn’t the real me. I spend most days at home in Bristol in jeans and a T-shirt running around after the kids or shopping in the Co-op.”

— Carol Vorderman

27. “The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn’t the real me.”

— Carol Vorderman

28. “When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn’t normally crave, like biscuits, because they’ll give me a bit of energy to keep going.”

— Carol Vorderman

29. “I’m very pleased how my children have turned out.”

— Carol Vorderman

30. “I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I’m having a great time.”

— Carol Vorderman

31. “My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn’t have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 – a baby.”

— Carol Vorderman

32. “I’m a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself.”

— Carol Vorderman

33. “I’ve never once heard my mum shout and she’s 83 now. She’s incredible. She’s very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too.”

— Carol Vorderman

34. “After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to.”

— Carol Vorderman