Peter Jefferson > Quotes

“And the pattern is the same – night after week after month after year. There is something in many of us that likes the certainties in life and is averse to change. The Shipping Forecast is a comfort, a given, a sign that maybe, just maybe, everything is alright with the world after all – until the next day dawns anyway – but that’s a few hours delicious sleep away! Time for the febrile mind to repair itself, rest, chill out, relax and take gentle stock of things.”
― Peter Jefferson, And Now the Shipping Forecast: A Tide Of History Around Our Shores

“And the pattern is the same – night after week after month after year. There is something in many of us that likes the certainties in life and is averse to change. The Shipping Forecast is a comfort, a given, a sign that maybe, just maybe, everything is alright with the world after all –”
― Peter Jefferson, And Now the Shipping Forecast: A Tide Of History Around Our Shores

“I remember – again when I was working for Radio 2 – that there was a large notice on the wall of the Continuity Studio that read: ‘Please engage brain before opening mouth!’ Sounds all too obvious, but there can be many a slip between eye, brain and mouth – oh dear, yes!”
― Peter Jefferson, And Now the Shipping Forecast: A Tide Of History Around Our Shores