Robertson Davies Quotes

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

Robertson Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 28, 1913 - December 2, 1995

Topics

MindEyeOnlyPreparedComprehend

I play dominoes all the way until I got Bible study. And then I do Bible study. I go to the game. After the game, come home. Dinner. Dominoes until I go to sleep. I'm. Not. Joking.

Jimmy Butler

HomeSleepDinnerGameBiblePlay

People who aren't perhaps that into sport are going to be following me and wanting to be part of the Olympics. That definitely does bring added pressure but as an athlete the Olympics are the ultimate competition.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

CompetitionPeopleMePressureBring

I think plot is very overrated. Plot is obviously necessary, but what I really care about is emotionally affecting the audience. Having a thought myself and then an emotional experience myself, somehow transferring that to the audience.

Jeff Nichols

MyselfExperienceThinkThoughtCare

It's sad that the BBC is toning down Dennis the Menace for a cartoon series. He is losing his weapons, catapult and peashooter, will no longer pick on Walter the Softy, and his ferocious grimace is to be replaced by a charming, boyish smile.

Simon Hoggart

SmileSadLosingDownWillBoyish

Sometimes I think the playing field is certainly not even. You know, it's just not.

Rod Stewart

ThinkYouKnowSometimesPlaying

I've always been drawn to the hard story, the trauma, because I think art can turn it around.

Mary Gauthier

ArtStoryThinkTraumaHardTurn

Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists.

Molly Ivins

PrejudiceAlwaysOutOld-Fashioned

Back to the painting of the Sistine Chapel, there's always been run-ins between benefactors and artists.

Jon Favreau

PaintingBackAlwaysArtistsBeen

I'm not one of those people who holds a grudge about anything.

Cheryl Cole

PeopleAnythingWhoThoseAbout

Coming from the theater, I love the adrenalin rush from working on 'NCIS.' You get home and you're exhausted, but you feel like you've really worked.

Cote de Pablo

LoveHomeFeelYouComingExhausted

I cannot believe that my generation may very well have been the last one to have sex education in schools that was truly the complete and total package. I mean what are we doing? Are we in the future, but acting like it's The Dark Ages?

Sheryl Lee Ralph

EducationFutureBelieveGeneration

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

Thomas Traherne

YourselfYouBodyKnow YourselfKnow

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