I see things about the present more clearly when I'm looking through the frame of the past: I think it's very hard to assess the present moment that we are in.
I've been watching 'Pawn Stars' every week for the last year. I like learning about the history behind the items that people bring into the pawnshop. I actually pawned a ring once that a woman sent to me while I was on 'Jerry Springer.' It was really gaudy.
The audience is my hardest and best critic.
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.
The method of democracy is to bring ... conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged.
Antiques Roadshow' is a public service. It reflects the nation back to itself, as does 'Question Time.'
People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it.
You become an expert by working hard. We've got fantastic museums, collections and antique shows. You can go and just start looking. That's the great thing about knowledge. If you collect Doulton figures, you know about the rare ones.
The present time, together with the past, shall be judged by a great jovialist.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
I'll look and pick the best, and the one who can do the best job for the party.
If you're unhappy with what you've had over the last 50 years, you have an unfortunate misappraisal of life. It's as good as it gets, and it's very likely to get worse.
The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.
I don't expect anything from reviews. Sometimes I am bemused by them.
You can't do anything sensible until you know what the situation is that you're in.
A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work upon a book, and so read out of it/ The qualities that you have first read into it.
I had a short run as the presenter of 'Cash in the Attic'. It's a very popular show but didn't really suit me.
And I’m not spying! I’m evaluating!” “It’s the same difference!
Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.
I hate art auctions.
I think it's a trial balloon to see what happens, and I'm not impressed with it.
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
The thing is, if you come on the 'Roadshow' we are not going to humiliate you. The thing about the 'Antiques Roadshow' is not to humiliate people.
