Sandi Toksvig

“The fact is, there is not now, nor has there ever been in the whole of history, a single country in the world where women have equality with men.”

“I had tried every diet out there - I would lose weight for a bit, then put it back on again.”

“One of my life's watchwords is 'hyggelig.' It's an untranslatable Danish term for getting together with friends and family and sitting around in a cosy atmosphere with nice food and wine and candles.”

“My life won't have full quality until we achieve equality for all.”

“My earliest memory is my parents forgetting my fourth birthday. My dad looked up from reading the paper and went, 'Oh my God!' So we went out, and I chose a red scooter.”

“Food is an international language, an expression of love.”

“My dad died of a massive heart attack when he was 59, as he didn't look after himself.”

“I think communication should be fun and that we should all worry less about how we say things and more about what we say.”