Becoming Quote by Eric Idle

I got into Cambridge and it all went downhill.

— Mel Giedroyc

I think not getting into Cambridge was possibly the best thing that could have happened to me.

— Lolly Adefope

I went to a school in Cambridge, which I thought was completely rotten. Yes, hated it. Now they want me to go back there…

— David Gilmour

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was…

— Brian Blessed

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It…

— Naomie Harris

I was lucky to get to Oxford. I am now an honorary fellow of my old college, which is nice, particularly for a colonial…

— Justin Cartwright

Going to Cambridge was a bit of a culture shock, I was a working class lass from Batley who hadn't been anywhere apart from…

— Jo Cox

I loved being in Cambridge. I think about it often. It was this great little capsule of time to me.

— Jessie Mueller

Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.

— Zhang Xin

I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.

— Margaret Thatcher

The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a…

— Trevor Nunn

I was young; I was newly married. My Cambridge degree was still warm in my pocket - a roll of parchment guaranteeing me, I…

— Howard Jacobson