Trevor McDonald quotes

“Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.”
-- Trevor McDonald

#Men Quotes #Age Quotes #Desperation Quotes

“The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

#Discovery Quotes #Fake Quotes #Television Quotes

“Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

#Writing Quotes

“I love living in London.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Q&A: Trevor McDonald". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2011.

#London Quotes

“I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

#Father Quotes #Hair Quotes #Black Quotes

“How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Q&A: Trevor McDonald". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2011.

#Knowing Quotes #Names Quotes #Feet Quotes

“Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.”
-- Trevor McDonald

#Use Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Life Is So Short Quotes

“I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : "Q&A: Trevor McDonald" by Rosanna Greenstreet, December 31, 2010.

#Believe Quotes #Want Quotes #I Believe Quotes

“I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2010.

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.”
-- Trevor McDonald

Source : Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

#Coward Quotes #Facts Quotes #Terrible Quotes

“To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.”
-- Trevor McDonald

#Years Quotes #England Quotes #Certain Quotes