First-sentence Quote by Robertson Davies

“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.”

— Robertson Davies

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

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

— Robertson Davies

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

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

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

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

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

— Robertson Davies

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

The art of the quoter is to know when to stop.

— Robertson Davies

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

Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million.

— Robertson Davies