The Amazon lot are perfectly reasonable, level-headed people who just want to make TV programmes. I don't think they are the enemy of the BBC or the other way round. It's not a war; these things can coexist. We can have Amazon and Netflix and the BBC and BT Sport, and people can make choices. That's what modern life is all about.

James May

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Nothing in this life worth achieving is easy, nor is it impossibl... by James May

Nothing in this life worth achieving is easy, nor is it impossible.

achieve easy impossible

There are all sorts of things embodied in the Lego brick - geometry and mathematics and truth and proportion and shape and colour... It is a faintly spiritual activity that everybody connects with.

legos shapes spiritual

France is a country you have to drive through to get to Italy. Th... by James May

France is a country you have to drive through to get to Italy. That's all it's there for.

france country

I've got this theory that there is a Volvo in any sane person's f... by James May

I've got this theory that there is a Volvo in any sane person's future.

volvo sane theory

If your ideas are good they rise, and if they're a bit crap they... by James May

If your ideas are good they rise, and if they're a bit crap they sink.

bits crap ideas

Never sacrifice your family. They are the most important thing in... by James May

Never sacrifice your family. They are the most important thing in life.

things-in-life sacrifice important

I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of... by James May

I do not wish to help Jeremy Clarkson be amusing in the event of my death.

events wish helping

The reality is that we do not have an air traffic control system that is smart enough and technologically capable enough to be able to handle that kind of demand.

smart air reality

As more consumers demand less sugar, the food and beverage manufacturers will eventually come into line with what the consumers want.

demand lines want

Would the Element be a car for people who like hip-hop, or for pe... by James May

Would the Element be a car for people who like hip-hop, or for people waiting for a hip-op?

car hip-hop people

As far as I can work out, no-one really loses out. by James May

As far as I can work out, no-one really loses out.

loses work-out i-can

We need distinctive and different voices but they cannot come at any price. Common to all at the BBC have to be standards of decency and respect.

entertainment

A car isn't a classic just because it's old. To be a classic, a car has to tell us something of its time.

just-because classic car time

Never has a material been as overrated as leather. by James May

Never has a material been as overrated as leather.

material been never leather

The bicycle might just be the greatest of all inventions. It empowers the human machine, and with no input beyond perhaps a trendy isotonic health drink in a brightly coloured bottle at an inflated price.

price bicycle drink health

Someone once told me that I was 12 inside. The only thing 12-year-olds crave is more Lego. Lego is fun; it's therapeutic. It's a beautiful sensation when you click the pieces together.

me you together beautiful

Me, I'm a lesbian: I find women fascinating. by James May

Me, I'm a lesbian: I find women fascinating.

lesbian find me women

The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so I thought, 'I'll keep buying daft shirts with flowers on.'

flowers day thought people

I love a bicycle, and I haven't been without at least one since I... by James May

I love a bicycle, and I haven't been without at least one since I was three years old.

old bicycle three love

Justice should not admit a public's thirst for pure revenge. by James May

Justice should not admit a public's thirst for pure revenge.

admit pure revenge justice