Beginnings Quote by Norman Foster

I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I…

— Brian J. White

Having little money to spend was a valuable learning experience. My schooling also shaped my work ethic because while other children were listening to…

— Eric Idle

I could, I think, quite easily have gone to Oxford. I got four good A levels, but my father's income was such that I…

— Colin Baker

Throughout my career, some of my best hires have been people who have bypassed the traditional route of university and learned their skills through…

— Peter Jones

Many of the greatest creations of man have been inspired by the desire to make money...If Oxford undergraduates were paid for their work, I…

— David Ogilvy

It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.

— Lincoln Steffens

I love the idea of a university as away from capitalist values, where people can do things that don't immediately have to pay their…

— Alain de Botton

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

— Jim Harrison

Getting a university education shouldn't be like buying a car, where money talks, so the rich get to buy a brand new shiny Ferrari…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

The idea of having proper qualifications had been very much ingrained in me. My father had a steady job for the Potato Marketing Board,…

— Roger Taylor

I didn't get the chance to go to university, even though I'd have liked to. I was expected to go straight to work because…

— Angela Rippon

College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.

— P. J. O'Rourke