Quotes about oxford
oxford differences sick
There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all ... Barbara Pym
oxford black clubs
Upon the present occasion London was full of clergymen. The specially clerical clubs, the Oxford and Cambridge, the Old University, and the Athenaeum, were black with them. Anthony Trollope
oxford long firsts
Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything. David Bowie
oxford ready state wants wednesday
We are going to be ready for Wednesday night. We know it's going to be tough. Oxford wants to go back to the state meet. We want to get there because we've never been. I know they are going to be ready for us and we will be ready for them. B. F. Skinner
oxford challenges married
While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen on each other and eventually married in 2002. Anne Fortier
oxford years england
There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford. Sydney Brenner
oxford people advice
People used to ask me for advice, and I'd say, 'Please, don't ask me!' Yes, I did economics at Oxford, but that's not the same as having a broad knowledge of personal finance Sophie Kinsella
oxford crafts left
I really wasn't equipped to be a writer when I left Oxford. But then I set out to learn. I've always had the highest regard for the craft. I've always felt it was work. V. S. Naipaul
oxford mind visitors
From a purely tourist standpoint, Oxford is overpowering, being so replete with architecture and history and anecdote that the visitor's mind feels dribbling and helpless, as with an over-large mouthful of nougat. Margaret Halsey
oxford small town
What I like about Oxford is how small it is; it's really more of a big town than a city. Samantha Shannon
oxford interesting people
You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them Evelyn Waugh
oxford-university oxford hold-me
I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back. Margaret Thatcher
oxford ferrets branches
I am a Topshop homing pigeon! I can walk into the Oxford Circus branch and ferret out the best bits in minutes. Ashley Madekwe
oxford
I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. Max Beerbohm
oxford picked
I once did a three-hour interview with Radio Oxford only to be told the microphone hadn't picked me up. Noam Chomsky
oxford study oxymoron
An oxymoron? What's that? A moron who studies at Oxford? Johnny Carson
oxford shirts
Oxford shirts. Definitely more oxford shirts. Mao Zedong
oxford giving bikinis
I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you? Kate Beckinsale
oxford leisure dignity
Oxford lends sweetness to labour and dignity to leisure. Henry James
oxford air mind
...The peculiar air of Oxford-the air of liberty to care for the things of the mind assured and secured by machinery which is in itself a satisfaction to sense.
oxford despair world
The world surely has not another place like Oxford; it is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it, for it would take a lifetime and more than one to comprehend and enjoy it satisfactorily. Nathaniel Hawthorne
oxford progress needs
New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to the needs of the area and particularly the customers. Great progress is being made to improve Oxford Street and make it a great destination. Philip Green
oxford quaker
I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford. Lionel Blue
oxford enemy done
She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear. Philip Pullman
oxford sweaters car
Clothing should be like food. There should never be a $5000 sweater. You know what should cost $5000? A car. Kanye West
oxford giving quiet
Okay, everyone please be completely quiet, because I can literally hear a whisper, and it’ll throw off my stream of consciousness, and when I get my stream of consciousness going that’s when I give the best, illest quotes. Literally, a whisper can throw it off.
oxford luxury airports
Time is the only luxury. It's the only thing you can't get back. If you lose your luggage - I'm not gonna say the obvious brand of luggage that I'd normally say because I've got a meeting with them soon - if you lose your expensive luggage at the airport, you can get that back. You can't get the time back.
oxford luxury people
Beauty has been stolen from the people and is being sold back to them as luxury.
oxford race ants
We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.
oxford steps half
Sure enough at Oxford, I was another Yank half a step behind. William J. Clinton