Laurence Oliphant may refer to:
- Laurence Oliphant (author) (1829–1888), British MP for Stirling Burghs, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic
- Laurence Oliphant (Jacobite) (1691–1767), army officer
- Laurence Oliphant (Scottish politician) (1791–1862), MP for Perth (UK Parliament constituency), 1832
- Laurence Oliphant (British Army officer) (1846–1914), British Army General
Famous quotes containing the words laurence and/or oliphant:
“It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—
I know why the caged bird sings!”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“Perhaps, on the whole, embarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement; and it is better to be driven out of your senses with thinking which of two things you ought to do than to do nothing whatever, and be utterly uninteresting to all the world.”
—Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897)