#oxford

From 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford. ↗

— James Meade

#economics #fellow #i #lecturer #oxford

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies. ↗

— George Santayana

#oxford #paradise #philosophies

But -- my dear, my heart is BROKEN! I have seen the perfect Peter Wimsey. Height, voice, charm, smile, manner, outline of features, everything -- and he is -- THE CHAPLAIN OF BALLIOL!! What is the use of anything? ... I am absolutely shattered by this Balliol business. Such waste -- why couldn't he have been an actor? ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#characters #identity #lord-peter-wimsey #model #oxford

Oxford is wonderful. I'm having a great time. We do go out, but I still try to spend most of my time studying in the library. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#great #great time #having #i #library

My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#boy #clever #could #express #far

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

#craft #equipped #felt #had #highest

I feel as healthy as I've ever felt. ↗

— Sanya Richards-Ross

#going #i #indefensible #indefinable #manner

The Oxford manner is, alas, indefinable; I was going to say indefensible. ↗

— Robert Baldwin Ross

#going #i #indefensible #indefinable #manner

I was at my best at a little past forty, when I was a professor at Oxford. ↗

— Godfrey Harold Hardy

#forty #i #little #oxford #past

I broke down while at Oxford, was rejected by a record number of medical tribunals during the War, and finally got permission to leave Oxford and do civilian work till the War ended. ↗

— Leonard Alfred George Strong

#civilian #down #during #ended #finally