I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school. Wendy Cope
At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back, and obviously I had a pretty funny name. It wasn't Brown or Smith or Hughes. Diane Cilento
I didn't do plays at school, because I didn't have the confidence. At 14, I was at boarding school in Devon and I suffered from dyslexia quite badly, but they had a very good department there which specialised in it. Joseph Mawle
I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. Bode Miller
I was spending most of my summers in Greece when I was a little girl, and at boarding school my first room-mate was Greek, so I guess I kind of had that Greek destiny. Marie-Chantal Claire
I used to put on sketch shows at boarding school when I was eight. I'm not sure about the material, but it did used to get a laugh. Belinda Stewart-Wilson