Toby Young Quotes and its meanings

What does Toby Young write about?

Toby Young has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about failure, relationship & respect. People always share Failure quotes, Relationship quotes, respect from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Toby Young?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Toby Young.

• I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.
• America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.
• In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.
• Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.