"What poor education I have received has been gained in the University of Life."

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Source : Speech at the Oxford Union, 2 December 1920, in Beverley Nichols '25' (1926) ch. 7

Horatio Bottomley

#Education Quotes #Poor Quotes #University Quotes

“Nothing goes on forever; if one could only remember that.”
“When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds.”
“Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.”
“I don't direct the plays of others.”
“There's going to be a real ding dong when the bell goes.”
“Open Secret boasts a nifty plot and, in Coroner Fortin, a fascinating protagonist who will likely be around for a long time. Deryn Collier is a talent to watch,”
“Poetry is a kind of distilled insinuation. It's a way of expanding and talking around an idea or a question. Sometimes, more actually gets said through such a technique than a full frontal assault,”

Source : Yusef Komunyakaa, Radiclani Clytus (2000). “Blue notes: essays, interviews, and commentaries”, Univ of Michigan Pr
“My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.”

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