Eton Quotes
Collection of top 26 famous quotes about Eton
Eton Quotes & Sayings
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As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.
— Jonathan Aitken
Whatever ye say say nathin!
— Joe Brennan
Warmth cocooned her, and she slipped into sleep without even noticing where she was.
— Alice Wallis-Eton
Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?
— Ellen Wilkinson
My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.
— Osbert Sitwell
And I will go on kissing you till you are strong and gay and happy - and if they haven't died, they are still alive today.
— Sigmund Freud
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
— Arthur Wellesley
I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'
— Harry Lloyd
At Eton boys are woken at 5 a.m.; lessons begin at 6 a.m. and go on to 8 p.m. Teaching is generally in Latin and is a matter of learning by rote,
— Ian Mortimer
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.
— E.M. Delafield
Not everybody is looking for a boyfriend with a sports car.
— Haruki Murakami
I had two experiences of criminality: one was my conman father, the other was teaching at Eton
— John Le Carre
Christ will rise on Easter day!
— Phillips Brooks
Awesome people come in shy packages.
— Miriam Shattuck
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there.
— George Orwell
A man's action always takes it's result along.
— Bijendra Kumar
Friend, when you speak this carefully I know it is because you don't know what to say.
— Leonard Cohen
Even Quinn joined in and took his turn picking obscure items, like a feather cloak that originated in far-off New Zealand.
— Alice Wallis-Eton
If someone thinks I'm posh, it just shows how lowly they are. Some people think I went to Eton. I'm far too stupid to get into Eton.
— Sebastian Horsley
They don't teach kidnapping at Eton, dad
— Gwenn Wright
Governments are scared of software.
— Jon Evans