Evan Davis Quotes

United Kingdom, Economist
April 8, 1962

Evan Harold Davis (born 8 April 1962 in Malvern, Worcestershire) is an English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC. In October 2001, Davis took over from Peter Jay as the BBC's economics editor. He left this post in April 2008 to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He stood down after the 26 September 2014 edition of Today to become a main presenter on Newsnight, replacing Jeremy Paxman.

For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry.

Evan Davis
- Money
- Industry
- Workers
At the BBC we've had plenty of women in good management jobs. It comes and goes but there's been plenty. On air, I think there's quite a bit more we can do.

Evan Davis
- Women
- Jobs
- Plenty

Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.

Evan Davis
- Mistakes
- Ashamed
I don't want to sound like 'chirpy Evan' who's just bouncing around with his unrealistic views and doesn't understand what's going on.

Evan Davis
The two questions that anyone ever asks me are: 'Are house prices going to go down?' and 'Is it a good time to fix my mortgage rate?'

Evan Davis
- Rate
- Prices
- Mortgage
If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.

Evan Davis
- Mistakes
- Means