Robertson Davies Quotes

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.

Robertson Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LovedNeverBooksWhoWantedReally

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.

Jens Lekman

MusicMeLearnInterestingKnow

When it came to religion, I felt I belonged to no one. It saddened me, it angered me, it confused me, and it made me religiously ambivalent. So I chose my calling: Cubs baseball.

Andy Dunn

ReligionBaseballMeConfusedCubs

I've done my best to avoid B pictures.

Robert Preston

BestPicturesDoneAvoid

A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.

Robert Menzies

ManToughCountryMoreNeverMay

My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.

Matt Damon

EducationMotherChildhoodEarlySay

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.

Ann Macbeth

ImpossibleBelieveDoingDramaSay

Hanging may seem barbarous, but the greater barbarity lies in the slow abandonment of our common law traditions.

Michael Gove

LawSlowHangingSeemMayGreater

A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter.

Mary Landrieu

DayEnd Of The DayEndPennyYou

In their rush to placate everyone and offend no one - and in particular to pander to Islam - the Left wants to shut down Christianity.

Milo Yiannopoulos

DownIslamEveryoneLeftRushShut

I try to motivate people and inspire them, to let them know that they're not alone.

Jason David Frank

AlonePeopleInspireKnowTryThem

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring.

Chuck Palahniuk

SimpleStorySomeoneViolenceBoring

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.

Alice Walker

FearPainFeelingsOthersDevotion

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