Logo
Quote by Robertson Davies
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they dont know what the

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they dont know what they are conserving. – Robertson Davies

Other quotes by Robertson Davies

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. – Robertson Davies

Category:
Age
Author
Robertson Davies
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Politics
category

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether its subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves. – Mira Nair

Category:
Politics

You cant ignore politics, no matter how much youd like to. – Molly Ivins

Category:
Politics

I havent been very active in politics. – Clint Eastwood

Category:
Politics

Yes, you need substance in politics – but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions. – Charles Kennedy

Category:
Politics

Random Quotes

A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. – Peter McArthur

Category:
Curmudgeonesque

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. – Maria Callas

Category:
Music

Most womens pictures are as boring and as formulaic as mens pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down. – Frances McDormand

Category:
car

I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully, someday being a grandfather, and all those things. I want that experience. When I die, I want to be exhausted. – Bryan Cranston

Category:
Experience