Love, May, Sons The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. - Robertson Davies
Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time. - Robertson Davies
The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer. - Robertson Davies
Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. - Robertson Davies
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. - Robertson Davies
I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music. - Doc Watson
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. - Jane Austen
All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. - Gordon Lightfoot
The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board. - Grover Cleveland