“You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.” Quote by Sophie Ellis Bextor
“Turning the thermostat down is something that I do pretty reluctantly. I like to be able to walk around in whatever I fancy at home.” HomeAbleWalksFancy Author:Sophie Ellis Bextor
“I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.” MomentsSeemsOrderPayDisasterMortgageUnemployedRight Moment Author:Toby Young
“I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.” PeopleFatherParentTermPsychologicalAnalysisShrinks Author:Toby Young
“I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me.” WritingFirstsWaitingPiecesWrittenNewspapersUnusualGuardianColumnsOne PieceFiring Author:Toby Young
“I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.” ThinkingReasonBodyHappensMotherChoicesAgreeCancerMedicalBreastsSurgeryBreast CancerCosmeticsVery SadCosmetic Surgery Author:Paloma Faith
“America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.” PeopleThinkingAmericaContemptMeritocracy Author:Toby Young
“I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.” I RealizedLabourAcademicMechanicAptitudeCateringAcademic Work Author:Toby Young
“Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.” ProblemFatherDifficultAuthorityDown AndClassicSymptomsKnucklesTroubled Relationship Author:Toby Young
“A male feminist is one of the most glorious end-products of evolution.” EndsProductsEvolutionMalesFeministGlorious Author:Caitlin Moran