--- title: "1 Cromwell Quotes By John Lloyd" description: "1 Cromwell quotes by John Lloyd. Plus more from John Lloyd and more Cromwell sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg" --- > [“As a baby, Oliver Cromwell was abducted by his grandfather’s pet monkey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-by-his-grandfather-s-pet-monkey/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg) ## Other authors on Cromwell ## More by John Lloyd > [“As a baby, Oliver Cromwell was abducted by his grandfather’s pet monkey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-by-his-grandfather-s-pet-monkey/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“James Joyce married a woman named Nora Barnacle. She once said to him, ‘Why don’t you write books people can read?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/james-joyce-married-a-woman-named-nora-barnacle-she-once-said-to-him/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Tour de France riders need to eat the equivalent of 27 cheeseburgers a day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/tour-de-france-riders-need-to-eat-the-equivalent-of-27-cheeseburgers/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“There is no known scientific way of predicting earthquakes. The most reliable method is to count the number of missing cats in the local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/there-is-no-known-scientific-way-of-predicting-earthquakes-the-most/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Where does Chicken Tikka Masala come from? Glasgow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/where-does-chicken-tikka-masala-come-from-glasgow/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/jokes-are-a-lot-about-meaning-i-think-if-we-understand-what-jokes/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Only 2% of women describe themselves as beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/only-2-of-women-describe-themselves-as-beautiful/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“About 200,000 academic journals are published in English each year. The average number of readers per article is five.   The average numbers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/about-200-000-academic-journals-are-published-in-english-each-year/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“When John Hetherington ventured out in public wearing the first top hat, it was considered so shocking that children screamed, women fainted, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/when-john-hetherington-ventured-out-in-public-wearing-the-first-top/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/in-switzerland-it-is-illegal-to-keep-just-one-guinea-pig/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Robert Burns was never called Rabbie or Robbie—though he did occasionally call himself Spunkie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/robert-burns-was-never-called-rabbie-or-robbie-though-he-did/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/the-universe-is-fractal-the-closer-you-look-at-it-the-more/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“British spies stopped using semen as invisible ink because it began to smell if it wasn’t fresh.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/british-spies-stopped-using-semen-as-invisible-ink-because-it-began/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“Kummerspeck (“grief bacon”) is German for the weight put on from eating too much when feeling sorry for yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/kummerspeck-grief-bacon-is-german-for-the-weight-put-on-from-eating/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) > [“You are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than any other day. 51”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/you-are-14-more-likely-to-die-on-your-birthday-than-any-other-day-51/) [John Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lloyd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cromwell Quotes By John Lloyd", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As a baby, Oliver Cromwell was abducted by his grandfather’s pet monkey.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Lloyd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lloyd/as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-by-his-grandfather-s-pet-monkey/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a baby, Oliver Cromwell was abducted by his grandfather’s pet monkey.” — John Lloyd", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/", "name": "Cromwell Quotes by John Lloyd", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/john-lloyd-16779_cromwell_as-a-baby-oliver-cromwell-was-abducted-b_152394.jpg" }, "description": "1 Cromwell quotes by John Lloyd. Plus more from John Lloyd and more Cromwell sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Cromwell", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "John Lloyd", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cromwell/john-lloyd/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```