Toby Young People Quotations

I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.

I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here.

'Top Chef' is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.

Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.

I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.

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

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