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Top 25 Jeremy Paxman Quotes (2025 Update)

Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I got fed up of listening to bollocks.”

1. “I got fed up of listening to bollocks.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.”

2. “The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “It seems to me that the way to remove people’s cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.”

3. “It seems to me that the way to remove people’s cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “At last someone takes me seriously.”

4. “At last someone takes me seriously.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn’t wished they lived there?”

5. “Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn’t wished they lived there?”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.”

6. “I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.”

— Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman Quote: “Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.”

7. “Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don’t leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.”

8. “At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don’t leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “Ones teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.”

9. “Ones teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.”

— Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.”

10. “I have not a clue why they sent it to me. As far as I know I have not got a reputation as a receiver of stolen goods.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “It’s not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you’ve asked them.”

11. “It’s not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you’ve asked them.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “It’s stupid to have a simple-minded view.”

12. “It’s stupid to have a simple-minded view.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I’m afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one’s posture, deportment and general cast of face.”

13. “I’m afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one’s posture, deportment and general cast of face.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I’ve spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren’t you?”

14. “I’ve spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren’t you?”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I’ve always felt myself to be an outsider. I’ve always felt awkward.”

15. “I’ve always felt myself to be an outsider. I’ve always felt awkward.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “I’ve always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I’ve had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.”

16. “I’ve always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I’ve had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.”

— Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman Quote: “Television bosses should stop insulting the public’s intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.”

17. “Television bosses should stop insulting the public’s intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?”

18. “The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.”

19. “The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.”

21. “It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced.”

22. “The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.”

23. “The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?”

24. “The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?”

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Jeremy Paxman Quote: “What does it say about your society that it admits only those who do not care very much to belong? For a start, it suggests that the English don’t much care to be liked. They prefer the company of other misanthropes. Since no misanthrope worth the name would actually want to join a club, eager applicants must be snubbed.”

25. “What does it say about your society that it admits only those who do not care very much to belong? For a start, it suggests that the English don’t much care to be liked. They prefer the company of other misanthropes. Since no misanthrope worth the name would actually want to join a club, eager applicants must be snubbed.”

— Jeremy Paxman

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