Wykeham Quotes & Sayings

The dreaded phrase in design circles is 'show and tell.' — David Carson

From each according to their ability, to each according to their need. — Karl Marx

Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.' — Paloma Faith

You and I probably wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't been greedy savages. — Mark Pagel

Oxford, where the real and the unreal jostle in the streets; where North Parade is in the south and South Parade is in the north, where Paradise is lost under a pumping station; where the river mists have a solvent and vivifying effect on the stone of the ancient buildings, so that the gargoyles of Magdalen College climb down at night and fight with those from Wykeham, or fish under the bridges, or simply change their expressions overnight; Oxford, where windows open into other worlds ...
Oscar Baedecker, The Coasts of Bohemia — Philip Pullman

A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that. — Soren Kierkegaard

Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. — Seth Klarman