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Eton Quotes

1.
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

Authors on Eton Quotes: Auberon Waugh Osbert Sitwell E. M. Delafield George Orwell Ellen Wilkinson Jonathan Aitken Duke of Wellington Boris Johnson
2.
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.
Duke of Wellington

3.
I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.
Boris Johnson

4.
An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap at Eton and Harrow, like all the rest of them.
Auberon Waugh

5.
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.
E. M. Delafield

6.
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

7.
Free milk will be provided in Hoxton and Shoredith, in Eton and Harrow. What more social equality can you have than that?
Ellen Wilkinson

8.
My education [takes place] during the holidays from Eton.
Osbert Sitwell