Robertson Davies Quotes

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Robertson Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

QualitySaidWayInfluencesWriter

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.

John Thorn

DreamsCompetitionBaseballWorld

I've always been a big fan of books.

Amber Benson

AlwaysBigBig FanBeenBooksFan

I've probably done more venture capital deals and expansion financings than I have done private equity deals. But both are the same. Private equity companies have also built jobs.

Stephen Pagliuca

DoneMoreEquitySameExpansion

There are few tribes more loathsome than the American Right, and their vicious use of the shortcomings in the NHS to attack Barack Obama's attempts at health reform are a useful reminder.

Simon Hoggart

HealthAmericanMoreRightAttack

Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.

Miguel Zenon

MusicI CanWantConcreteHoldIdea

I don't have credibility, I'm a comedian.

Dennis Miller

CredibilityComedian

Activating is about changing people's perceptions of overlooked or invisible spaces. A building can become an archetype, invisible, like for a New Yorker, for example, the Statue of Liberty. You look at it, and it disappears into the thousands of times you've already seen it.

Chris Jordan

PeopleBuildingYouLookLiberty

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

Christine McVie

BluesPlayMoreAnythingStillLike

I think most people would love for us to be a socialist society.

Boots Riley

LovePeopleSocietyThinkUsWould

All my life, everything has been a contest.

Bobby Riggs

LifeMy LifeEverythingBeenContest

I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism.

Arundhati Roy

HistoryI AmCapitalismCommunistAm

I think people know Steve Jobs the showman. I think people know the guy who stood up and gave the keynotes. The magician. The salesman.

Ashton Kutcher

PeopleThinkKnowUpGuyMagician

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