Dons Quotes
- The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything. — Samuel Butler
- The professional does not permit himself to become hidebound within one incarnation, however comfortable or successful. Like a transmigrating soul, he shucks his outworn body… — Steven Pressfield
- The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time. — George Jean Nathan
- In practice, without appropriate government intervention, Smith's "invisible hand" dons brass knuckles and conducts gang warfare, creating fierce battles between competitors who would be more… — Denise Caruso
- I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons… — A. N. Wilson
- The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family. — Gustave Flaubert
- The other Dons in the room applauded and rose to shake hands with everybody in sight and to congratulate Don Corleone and Don Tattaglia on… — Mario Puzo
- People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. — A. N. Wilson