Ben Fogle Quotes

Ben Fogle

Profession : Writer

Birth : November 3, 1973

If you look at the positives, if you test yourself and challenge yourself... I describe myself as a 'yes' person. If you say no to too many things, you think 'what if'.

Ben Fogle

I can't even cook an egg. The only thing I can do well is baking bread. I love it and find it incredibly therapeutic.

Ben Fogle

Some people confuse confidence with arrogance. There's no doubt in the business world there are a few big egos and I think arrogance can get in the way. But if you have the confidence to go to your higher superior and say this is wrong, it can make a difference.

Ben Fogle

After university, I was desperate to be an ambassador. It went back to geography: I loved the idea of living in exotic and exciting countries, but still driving a Land Rover and having tea. I failed the Foreign Office exams three times.

Ben Fogle

I have found myself increasingly moving away from meat. It hasn't been so much a conscious choice as an organic change.

Ben Fogle

After all, island living is where I began on Taransay, and I have such fond memories of it.

Ben Fogle

I loathed my first term boarding at Bryanston school in Dorset. I hated being away from home; I think I had my parents in tears every time I spoke to them. I regret being so spoilt because within two terms I loved it.

Ben Fogle

I don't think you can ever get closer to the natural world, than just a man - as in mankind - in an ocean, just you and it. It's not about conquering the ocean, it's about working with it.

Ben Fogle

There are a lot of people that I think look very good - Bryan Ferry and Jude Law dress really well, Steve McQueen was cool, and all the James Bonds have been very dapper.

Ben Fogle

The majority of the time I live out of a rucksack in some jungle or stuck up some mountain. The luxury tends to be when my wife and children are there.

Ben Fogle

I'm not one to complain about illness. I suppose I have a bit of a stiff upper lip. I just tend to get on with things.

Ben Fogle

Holidays are our one big family indulgence.

Ben Fogle

There is something very appealing about moving to a faraway place.

Ben Fogle

We tend to default to complacency. Stick to the easy option. We all do it. We've tried to create a business model and society around us that is as easy and boxed as possible. We love creating boundaries and borders.

Ben Fogle

I don't want my children to feel the same sense of failure I did growing up because they're not good at passing tests.

Ben Fogle

When I was on Taransay, I loved being part of a community, I loved that everyone knew what I was doing, where I was going. I loved that. I liked knowing that if I wasn't back at a certain time people would start worrying a little bit about me, I loved the whole community thing, sitting for hours and chatting to people.

Ben Fogle

We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic and keep yourself fit is really hard. I want to be the perfect dad but you can't be the perfect dad unless you compromise elsewhere.

Ben Fogle

I don't enjoy doing exercise at the time, but I enjoy the feeling afterwards.

Ben Fogle

When I travel with my family it's important that we do stuff together. I'm not the sort to send my children off to a kids' club.

Ben Fogle

Part of the beauty of wilderness schooling is that the overheads are very low. You want a classroom? Build a shelter from nature's store. You want to eat? Forage for it.

Ben Fogle