I am now certain that we have no alternative but to reduce urgently the levels of carbon that we are still pumping into the atmosphere as though tomorrow simply didn’t matter. If we don’t act collectively and individually, our children and their children will reap a whirlwind which will obliterate their civilisation. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
You have to be damn certain you’re putting something better in its place. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won’t be using long words. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes that this tax is paying for. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
Recently, I had a hip resurfaced. It’s different from a hip replacement because it’s done with titanium. I like to think that it’s the consequence of riding horses so strenuously, but I fear it’s much more mundane and was just early-onset arthritis. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
As it is, the grotesque distortions of the global market mean that for every dollar the West dispatches to Africa in the form of aid, two dollars are clawed back through subsidies and tariff barriers: a monumental rip-off by the rich as they instruct the poor to accept ‘free’ trade or else. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based. Jonathan Dimbleby Read Quote
