School is supposed to civilise us, to tame our wilder instincts and teach us how to be more sensible, more knowledgeable, and cleverer.

Next quotes

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  I don't really think of myself as stupid - but then, who does?

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  The Highway Code can't be that difficult to understand, and yet my brain seems to treat it as a set

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  My speeding offences (whether caught or not) are always in situations where the speed limit is 30,

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  I pay higher premiums because my speeding points spell 'recklessness' to the insurance company, but

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  Women are under-represented in TV comedy for a variety of reasons, the hackneyed 'fear that women a

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  You can always recognise my restless peers and me; we are the people whose feet you hear tramping a

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  They say multitasking is a female trait, but it's not about gender; it's about personality type.

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  Some of us find 'relaxing' to be, in itself, nerve-racking. If we aren't doing something useful or,

• Victoria Coren Mitchell:

  When I was at school, I got into trouble quite often.