Born on April 25th

"I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly."

"I did not have any money, so when I came to New York, I just dressed myself with whatever I could find and the Army-Navy store."

"I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions."

"The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure."

"Thus, in a sense, mathematics has been most advanced by those who distinguished themselves by intuition rather than by rigorous proofs."

"The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and split into diverse branches."

"My own valuation moment: When I started 'Antiques Roadshow,' John Benjamin looked at my engagement ring, which is Victorian. I sat there as a visitor would and he dated it, talked me through the stone, which is an opal, and which mine it would have been from."

"I love 'The Master And Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is about repression in Soviet Russia in the 1930s."

"I conquered my phobia of camping, although I doubt I'll be pitching my tent at a muddy festival any time soon."

"To me it's always been a no-brainer. Maybe I'm just simplistic about it, but if you believe in equality of opportunity, and want to champion equality of opportunity, that makes you a feminist."

"With two older brothers, I was a tomboy in one sense, but on the other hand I really loved dolls. My brothers weren't very happy when I nicked their Action Men to play with my dolls and they were appalled when I made them kiss my Barbies."

"My Duke of Edinburgh interview for his 90th in June 2011 was not one of my successes. I knew what to expect: there were some very uncomfortable moments and put-downs, but I think it made for entertaining viewing."

"I was born in Singapore, but I left at four so memories are hazy."

"On 'Question Time,' I've noticed great anger from the audience. When we discuss Brexit, emotions range from white-hot fury to cold, grey apathy. As soon as we move off Brexit, debate is much more nuanced and considered."

"My kids once said, 'What would you do if you hadn't got us?' I replied, 'I'd be more successful and I'd have more friends, but I wouldn't be as happy.'"

"You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!"

"I don't know anything about antiques. I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm."

"Most visitors to Iceland tend to spend just a few hours in Reykjavik before moving on to the geological wonders beyond. I think they are missing out."

"Thailand was a revelation to me; the landscapes, the culture, the food and the people."

"I am a simple soul."

"In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability."

"Brexit can tend to be a dialogue of the deaf."

"I think having a healthy distrust of authority is a good thing, within certain parameters, obviously."

"The best thing, on 'Question Time,' is when the reality confronts the rhetoric."

"I had done debate programmes before and quite often you go into them thinking: 'I might need to build some energy in the room.' 'On Question Time,' the reverse is true. A lot of the time, I am just trying to not have it turn into a slanging match."

"I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost."