Quotes from Robert Rinder

Anyone who's been in my court knows my maxim: 'If you make them, you pay for them!'

The state of some of our roads is a matter of national embarrassment.

No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through.

I did a couple of plays at university, badly, where I made friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see someone like him acting, it makes you think there's not much point in doing it yourself.

There's something fundamentally grubby about the rich paying people to seek out cracks in the system to hide their money.

It is difficult to ever think about your loved one having suffered.

I hope I'm always appropriate on 'JR' if it's a serious case. But if you have a case of a man who has a wardrobe malfunction with a lime green mankini, even I on the odd occasion find it mildly amusing.

In theory, I absolutely love to work from home, in all its warmth and comfort, but have reluctantly been forced to confess that it's a total failure.

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

The law is the law whether you're dealing with a multi-million-pound fraud or a car deal where someone feels diddled because their exhaust falls off on the way home.

I find it amusing when you look at plastic surgeons because they don't seem to have had anything done.

I wish I had a filter; then, I'd suspect, who knows? I'd perhaps have more friends.

If a deal advertised on an unknown website looks too good to be true, it almost certainly is.

If every person charged with a crime was allowed to claim money from the authorities when their case was dropped, our police would end up spending all their time defending claims for compensation.

Great broadcasting requires all of us, those who are in positions of power and especially those who are in positions to employ people, to remember you need to look towards the greatest conceivable palate to create greatness.

The difficulty with American television is it's pot luck.

I think I'm incredibly stoic. If I have a bad headache, it takes a while before I reach for a tablet.

As efficiently as our phones connect us to one another, and as much as we take advantage of that, we must remember that they have the power to alienate us, too.

Above all else, look around to employ the best talent you possibly can.

I didn't get into fitness until my late twenties. I had put on a lot of weight; I was quite chubby and feeling really depressed. But exercise helped everything - the body and the mind.

Fitness is really important for my mental and emotional equilibrium as well as my physical wellbeing.

The more powerful you become, the less likely it is that people will tell you the truth. It must be why the 'Harry Potter' books become so bloated as the series progresses; think of the beautiful, precise editing of books 1-3 drowned in a mire of sycophancy and yea-saying.

I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room.