Toby Young

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. ↗

— Toby Young

#contempt #failure #itself #more #people

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam. ↗

— Toby Young

#i #like #organisation #oxfam #political

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs. ↗

— Toby Young

#chefs #i #miss #over

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. ↗

— Toby Young

#aptitude #being #catering #even #had

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything. ↗

— Toby Young

#describe #i #master #myself

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. ↗

— Toby Young

#become #befall #disaster #exactly #failure

If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful. ↗

— Toby Young

#bad #happens #huge #leap #media

My life's ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I'm just waiting for the call. For some reason, though, the phone hasn't rung. ↗

— Toby Young

#bond #call #cat #hasn #i

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan. ↗

— Toby Young

#ends #london #manhattan #miles #new

The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan. ↗

— Toby Young

#career #down #even #go #i