It seemed to me as if the stones sang, in the strangest voices, in the language of Ultima Thule. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Women always think that if they tell a man not to be pompous that will shut him up, but I am an… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If a man wants to be of the greatest possible value to his fellow-creature s let him begin the long, solitary task… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Very often when I am introduced to women, I think, What is she really like behind the disguise which she wears? And… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you're going to do something that looks evil, don't smear it with icing and pretend it's good; just bloody well do… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
And I say to you that if you bring curiosity to your work it will cease to be merely a job and… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Our forebears are deserving of tribute for one indisputable reason, if for no other: without them we should not be here. Let… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Comparatively few people know what a million dollars actually is. To the majority it is a gaseous concept, swelling or decreasing as… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Sometimes there was a serious article on a hot topic, and I especially remember one by a bishop headed "Is Nudity Salacious?"… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. .… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever write a book with what anybody could call pornography in it, because I feel that pornography… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Let people alone. Let them find their way. Let them find their level and you may sometimes be delighted and astonished at… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
All art is holy. Not that it is all long-faced and miserable; it can be wild and wooly. But if it transforms… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I have no skills with machines. I fear them, and because I cannot help attributing human qualities to them, I suspect that… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Humour very often consists of shrewd perceptions about people. It's usually fun at someone's expense. Nowadays if you're funny at anybody's expense… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The best among our writers are doing their accustomed work of mirroring what is deep in the spirit of our time; if… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you're going to do something that looks evil, don't smear it with icing and pretend it's good; just bloody well do it and… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
