--- title: "26 Oxford street Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 26 Oxford street quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Oxford street sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/thomas-de-quincey-7896_children_so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepm_1728547.jpg" --- > [So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest the tears of children, at length…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-de-quincey/so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepmother-thou-that-listenest-to/) [Thomas de Quincey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-de-quincey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/thomas-de-quincey-7896_children_so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepm_1728547.jpg) > [We need to make it safe to cycle across London. Why not pedestrianise parts of London like Oxford Street and Parliament Square?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadiq-khan/we-need-to-make-it-safe-to-cycle-across-london-why-not-pedestrianise/) [Sadiq Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadiq-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe1/sadiq-khan-3603_cycles_we-need-to-make-it-safe-to-cycle-across_460032.jpg) > [My first paid job was delivering newspapers. The first paid acting job I got was dressing up as Edam cheese and handing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-flemyng/my-first-paid-job-was-delivering-newspapers-the-first-paid-acting-job/) [Jason Flemyng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-flemyng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/jason-flemyng-22497_acting_my-first-paid-job-was-delivering-newspap_954943.jpg) > [“The sun was already long past the spire when Garrick purchased a mug of coffee from his regular man on the tip…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eoin-colfer/the-sun-was-already-long-past-the-spire-when-garrick-purchased-a-mug/) [Eoin Colfer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eoin-colfer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/eoin-colfer-736_coffee_the-sun-was-already-long-past-the-spire_1071216.png) > [I once dreamed that my day job was to push a huge boulder up Oxford Street every day, from 10am to 3pm.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-wix/i-once-dreamed-that-my-day-job-was-to-push-a-huge-boulder-up-oxford/) [Katy Wix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-wix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/katy-wix-22425_day_i-once-dreamed-that-my-day-job-was-to-pu_1412920.jpg) > [I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taron-egerton/i-don-t-think-i-m-going-to-become-brad-pitt-overnight-but-i-presume/) [Taron Egerton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taron-egerton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/taron-egerton-7971_become_i-don-t-think-i-m-going-to-become-brad-p_3039447.jpg) > [My aunt and uncle, who bought me up, were big players in the fashion industry in London during the 60s. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-o-porter/my-aunt-and-uncle-who-bought-me-up-were-big-players-in-the-fashion/) [Dawn O'Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-o-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/dawn-o-porter-3478_big_my-aunt-and-uncle-who-bought-me-up-were_328110.png) > [I walk to Oxford Street and climb on the number 8. It's freezing and it starts to rain and it's the ugliest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-thewlis/i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the-number-8-it-s-freezing-and/) [David Thewlis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-thewlis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/david-thewlis-5383_bus_i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the_2017831.jpg) > [In 1987, I was captain of Arsenal and England's centre-half. I walked down Oxford Street and not one person bothered me. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-adams/in-1987-i-was-captain-of-arsenal-and-england-s-centre-half-i-walked/) [Tony Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d20/tony-adams-4778_arsenal_in-1987-i-was-captain-of-arsenal-and-eng_139200.jpg) > [“Shredding and slicing, dividing and subdividing, the clocks of Harley Street nibbled at the June day, counselled submission, upheld authority, and pointed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/shredding-and-slicing-dividing-and-subdividing-the-clocks-of-harley/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/virginia-woolf-49_clocks_shredding-and-slicing-dividing-and-subdi_3104236.jpg) > [“London was beginning to illuminate herself against the night. Electric lights sizzled and jagged in the main thoroughfares, gas-lamps in the side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herself-against-the-night-electric/) [E. M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/e-m-forster-1118_electric-light_london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herse_2571113.png) > [“It was nearly eight before he returned to the office. This was the hour when he found London most lovable; the working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/it-was-nearly-eight-before-he-returned-to-the-office-this-was-the/) [Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d10/robert-galbraith-3411_life_it-was-nearly-eight-before-he-returned-t_903532.jpg) > [“We are far from liking London well enough till we like its defects: the dense darkness of much of its winter, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/we-are-far-from-liking-london-well-enough-till-we-like-its-defects/) [Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/henry-james-417_christmas_we-are-far-from-liking-london-well-enoug_1944438.jpg) > [“It was a wild, tempestuous night, towards the close of November. Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/it-was-a-wild-tempestuous-night-towards-the-close-of-november-holmes/) [Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/arthur-conan-doyle-273_oxford-street_it-was-a-wild-tempestuous-night-towards_1732151.jpg) > [“I don’t know even the Mulligan’s town residence. One night, as he bade us adieu in Oxford Street, — ”I live THERE,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-don-t-know-even-the-mulligan-s-town-residence-one-night-as-he-bade/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/charles-dickens-34_oxford-street_i-don-t-know-even-the-mulligan-s-town-re_663853.jpg) > [“Truth or Dare?" she asks. I hesitate. "Truth," I say finally. "I can imagine one of your dares, and I don’t fancy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-james/truth-or-dare-she-asks-i-hesitate-truth-i-say-finally-i-can-imagine/) [Rebecca James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/rebecca-james-46790_dark-side_truth-or-dare-she-asks-i-hesitate-truth_1274837.jpg) > [“The problem with the so-called bloody surveillance state is that it’s hard work trying to track someone’s movements using CCTV – especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-aaronovitch/the-problem-with-the-so-called-bloody-surveillance-state-is-that-it-s/) [Ben Aaronovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-aaronovitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/ben-aaronovitch-3199_big-brother_the-problem-with-the-so-called-bloody-su_2290477.jpg) > [“Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/whenever-i-tell-people-i-m-a-misanthrope-they-react-as-though-that-s/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/charlie-brooker-1392_bad-thing_whenever-i-tell-people-i-m-a-misanthrope_1052907.jpg) > [“One late winter afternoon in Oxford Street, amid the noise of vehicles and voices that filled that dusky thoroughfare, as I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/logan-pearsall-smith/one-late-winter-afternoon-in-oxford-street-amid-the-noise-of-vehicles/) [Logan Pearsall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/logan-pearsall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/logan-pearsall-smith-3950_desire_one-late-winter-afternoon-in-oxford-stre_2667174.jpg) > [When I was 16, walking down Oxford Street, I saw Ian Brown. I said, 'Are you Ian Brown?' He said no and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/when-i-was-16-walking-down-oxford-street-i-saw-ian-brown-i-said-are/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/pete-doherty-3984_i-am_when-i-was-16-walking-down-oxford-street_2234048.jpg) > [New West End Company ensures that there is a body that can put significant investment into the West End, targeted directly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-green/new-west-end-company-ensures-that-there-is-a-body-that-can-put/) [Philip Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/philip-green-16401_areas_new-west-end-company-ensures-that-there_2675294.png) > [Cycling is the only way to free ourselves from the misery of the Tube, the wall-to-wall buses that line Oxford Street, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/cycling-is-the-only-way-to-free-ourselves-from-the-misery-of-the-tube/) [Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/deborah-moggach-9536_about_cycling-is-the-only-way-to-free-ourselve_802116.jpg) > [I used to leave my house at 6:30 in the morning, and I would visit 10 shops every Saturday, starting at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-green/i-used-to-leave-my-house-at-6-30-in-the-morning-and-i-would-visit-10/) [Philip Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/philip-green-16401_day_i-used-to-leave-my-house-at-6-30-in-the_2137944.png) > [“The opulence of Bedford Square and the British Museum may be only a few hundred yards away, but New Oxford Street runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-faber/the-opulence-of-bedford-square-and-the-british-museum-may-be-only-a/) [Michel Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-faber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/michel-faber-4084_british-museum_the-opulence-of-bedford-square-and-the-b_1246801.jpg) > [Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-brooker/whenever-i-tell-people-i-m-a-misanthrope-they-react-as-though-that-s-2/) [Charlie Brooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-brooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/charlie-brooker-1392_bad-thing_whenever-i-tell-people-i-m-a-misanthrope_1740568.png) > [Whenever I walk down Oxford Street I see thousands of ties and there is always one that winks at me and says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saeed-jaffrey/whenever-i-walk-down-oxford-street-i-see-thousands-of-ties-and-there/) [Saeed Jaffrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saeed-jaffrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/saeed-jaffrey-36201_always_whenever-i-walk-down-oxford-street-i-see_3212862.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oxford-street/#itemlist", "name": "Oxford street Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest the tears of children, at length I was dismissed from thee.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas de Quincey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-de-quincey/so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepmother-thou-that-listenest-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/thomas-de-quincey-7896_children_so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepm_1728547.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/thomas-de-quincey-7896_children_so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepm_1728547.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/thomas-de-quincey-7896_children_so-then-oxford-street-stonyhearted-stepm_1728547.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest…” — Thomas de Quincey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We need to make it safe to cycle across London. 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It's freezing and it starts to rain and it's the ugliest bus I've ever seen, rattling down the ugliest streets, in the ugliest city, in the ugliest country, in the ugliest of all possible worlds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Thewlis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-thewlis/i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the-number-8-it-s-freezing-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/david-thewlis-5383_bus_i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the_2017831.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/david-thewlis-5383_bus_i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the_2017831.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/david-thewlis-5383_bus_i-walk-to-oxford-street-and-climb-on-the_2017831.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I walk to Oxford Street and climb on the number 8. 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Forster" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster/london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herself-against-the-night-electric/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/e-m-forster-1118_electric-light_london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herse_2571113.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/e-m-forster-1118_electric-light_london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herse_2571113.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/e-m-forster-1118_electric-light_london-was-beginning-to-illuminate-herse_2571113.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“London was beginning to illuminate herself against the night. Electric lights sizzled and jagged in the main…” — E. M. Forster", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was nearly eight before he returned to the office. 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Holmes and I sat together in silence all the evening, he engaged with a powerful lens deciphering the remains of the original inscription upon a palimpsest, I deep in a recent treatise upon surgery. Outside the wind howled down Baker Street, while the rain beat fiercely against the windows. It was strange there, in the very depths of the town, with ten miles of man’s handiwork on every side of us, to feel the iron grip of Nature, and to be conscious that to the huge elemental forces all London was no more than the molehills that dot the fields. I walked to the window, and looked out on the deserted street. The occasional lamps gleamed on the expanse of muddy road and shining pavement. 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