Cambridge Quotes

88 quotes by 74 authors

Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort… — Rowan Atkinson
I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose the last remnants of my… — Peter Ackroyd
Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean. — Syd Barrett
There are people who say, 'Oh this guy is quite thick.' I think the reason is that, increasingly, I don't mind being simple in terms… — Alain de Botton
The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything. — Samuel Butler
I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think… — Anne Campbell
Quite a few people have commented during the campaign that more help is required for small businesses. SMEs need support and encouragement in their early… — Anne Campbell
In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I [join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge] to start an investigation of the radio emission from the… — Martin Ryle
You can use the Internet to find out, from anywhere on the planet: exactly how much coffee is in a certain coffee machine at Cambridge… — Dave Barry
I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is… — William Lawrence Bragg
Time is a device to stop everything from happening at once ... space is a device to stop everything from happening in Cambridge. — Dharma Kumar
I rowed for Cambridge. I was pretty good at that. — Hugh Laurie
All the worldâ€™s Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages, though. — Richard Dawkins
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's… — Agatha Christie
I abandoned chemistry to concentrate on mathematics and physics. In 1942, I travelled to Cambridge to take the scholarship examination at Trinity College, received an… — John Pople
Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one… — Aaron Klug
Anyone who lives in a city will know the feeling of having been there too long. The gorge-vision that the streets imprint on us, the… — Robert Macfarlane
Looking through the list of earlier Nobel laureates, I note a large number with whom I became acquainted and with whom I interacted during those… — John Pople
Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew. — Harry Carpenter
When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how… — Ann Beattie

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