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Quotes About Oxford

Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlock Holmes but, suddenly losing interest, had gone out fishing instead.
~ Ngaio Marsh
There's the Oxford comma, but I like the Shatner comma. It's when you pepper them in, so, you know where, to add, dramatic pauses.
~ Unknown
it's appalling to remember that the entire Oxford University Library was sold for scrap in the mid-1500s. Nor was that situation unique to Oxford, as libraries were deconstructed throughout the land.
~ Owen Gingerich
We are currently working on a new series of books for teachers, the Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom.
~ Unknown
a quick check of Dawkins's documentation reveals a lot more time spent on Google than at Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
~ Paul Copan
A groundbreaking 2016 study from the University of Oxford modeled the climate, health, and economic benefits of a worldwide transition to plant-based diets between now and 2050. Business-as-usual emissions could be reduced by as much as 70 percent through adopting a vegan diet and 63 percent for a vegetarian diet (which includes cheese, milk, and eggs). The model also calculates a reduction in global mortality of 6 to 10 percent.
~ Paul Hawken
Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Mentalization Based Treatment (with A. Bateman, published 2004 by Oxford University Press),
~ Unknown