David Frost Quotations

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.

Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self....

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.

Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.

If you don't have the smoking gun, then it's pointless to hector interviewees. Because you just shut people up instead of opening them up.

Vote Labor, and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative, and you can live in them.

The most important advice you can give anyone about to appear on TV is incredibly prosaic - be yourself.

You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they choose is worse than their own.

With UK growth remaining weak and below trend, and with inflationary pressures easing, we urge the (Bank of England's) monetary policy committee to consider an early interest rate cut.

Waiting too long before taking corrective action could be dangerous and cause long-term damage.

the only person to have interviewed the last seven presidents of the United States and the last six prime ministers of the United Kingdom.

Most of the television I've done over the years has been aimed at British and American audiences. This time, while the target is still Britain and America, the excitement is that there are also six billion inhabitants of the globe.

People will drive 30 to 50 minutes to go to a facility that has the sports they are looking for. There's no other sports facility like this in the area.

Over-exposure to the sun and the associated risks are, of course, of concern,

Manufacturing has persistently failed to sustain recovery and, in spite of the modest fourth-quarter improvement, faces acute threats.

You'll see, you'll see and it's a much bigger story than you think. It's because the FBI lied. They lied. And when we expose them for what they did,

Well, people would be put off by his appearance.

We are disappointed that the MPC felt unable to take action to counter the adverse pressures affecting the economy.

We are disappointed that the directive has been watered down. The country of origin principle, coupled with the protections provided by the Parliament, would have led to more quality jobs.

Ideas matter in New York. I am certain that more conversations in New York are about ideas than anywhere else. Not just vague theories, but ideas that New Yorkers have the will, and the clout, to do something about.

For those of you haven't read the book, it's being published tomorrow

There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the Germans are the police, the Swedish are the comedians, the Italians are the defense force, Frenchmen dig the roads, the Belgians are the pop singers, the Spanish run the railways, the Turks cook the food, the Irish are the waiters, the Greeks run the government, and the common language is Dutch.

Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.

This is what has to be remembered about the law: Beneath that cold, harsh, impersonal exterior there beats a cold, harsh, impersonal heart.

What we are going to end up with here is two nations. That will create real resentment in the workforce.

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable.

Now he's miserable and depressed.

You can be in London at 10 o'clock and in New York at 10 o'clock. I have never found another way of being in two places at once.

New York means many different things to me. It certainly means cheesecake, more species of cheesecake than I ever knew existed: rum, orange, hazelnut, chocolate marble, Italian, Boston, and of course, New York.

British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown in the pace of economic activity,.

A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class.

Vote Labor and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them.

When a man is tired of New York he is tired of work. And thought. And cheesecake.

The creed of the Inland Revenue is simple: "If we can bring one little smile to one little face today, then somebody's slipped up somewhere."

Being upbeat is the key to life.

Without supporting action by the Bank of England and the Chancellor there is danger of renewed relapse.

Financial devolution cannot happen until and unless we achieve this.

The government's approach must be more than a paper exercise couched in warm words,

The recent progress shown by our quarterly survey is from a low base, and follows a marked deterioration in the first three quarters of 2005.

This whole area is a potential legal minefield, with employers being left open to the risk of court action over an employee's skin condition, regardless of whether the condition developed from sun exposure at work or during personal time.

The steady fall in the critical confidence balances this year, for both manufacturing and services, is extremely worrying and requires an urgent policy response.

Television enables you to be entertained in your home by people you wouldn't have in your home.

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Prospects for services are mediocre and the sector will struggle to regain dynamism.

The alarming manufacturing figures, the decline in confidence balances across all sectors, and the fall in all the export balances are the most disturbing features of the Q3 results,

A conservative is someone who demands a square deal for the rich

The manufacturing sector's position worsened sharply and across the board. The service sector domestic balances remain weak, and there was only modest improvement following the sharp losses seen earlier in the year.