Free Quote by Howard Jacobson

When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself…

— Patrick White

I went to Cambridge University and was the first in my family to graduate.

— Jo Cox

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 moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered…

— Kimbra

I made it to London aged six, an event I recorded in my diary with coloured markers to convey my sense of occasion. And…

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was…

— Eric Idle

I was 17 the first time I set foot in a classroom, but 10 years later, I would graduate from Cambridge with a Ph.D.…

— Tara Westover

But, as a kid, I was travelling. Africa, Singapore, Australia, America, South Pacific, Philippines, France - I spent two years in each place and…

— Angus Macfadyen

I got into Cambridge and it all went downhill.

— Mel Giedroyc

When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted…

— Stephen Mangan

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

— Lolly Adefope

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

— Margaret Thatcher