Author: Toby Young

Quotes

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

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

- Toby Young

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

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

- Toby Young

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.

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

In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.

In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.

- 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 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

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