Quote by H.L. Fourie

“Amateur rowing started at Oxford University in 1815 and at Cambridge University a short while later. The oldest boat clubs in the world were…

— H.L. Fourie

“The first U.S. collegiate boat clubs were organized at Yale in 1843 and at Harvard the following year.”

— H.L. Fourie

I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about…

— Tariq Ali

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

I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.

— Eric Greitens

In real life, Oxford and Cambridge are two excellent universities, like many others in the country. They are full of highly intelligent, hard-working, and…

— Mary Beard

The Rhodes is something I've always really wanted. I would never have applied for it if I didn't really want to go. The opportunity…

— Myron Rolle

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one…

— E. M. Forster

I was extremely honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to visit Oxford University. It was a great experience to share personal anecdotes…

— Sanya Malhotra

Once I was asked to do celebrity rowing, where they taught people who had been to Oxford or Cambridge to row against each other.…

— Nicola Walker

“stability. It is often noted that, of all existing institutions in the West, higher education is one of most enduring. Oxford University, the longest…

— Cathy N. Davidson

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young…

— Evelyn Waugh