Sons May Love 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
Conservatism Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. - Robertson Davies
Miser To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. - Robertson Davies
Drama May Art The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater. - Robertson Davies
Books I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. - Robertson Davies
Cats Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. - Robertson Davies
Perfection Eye May It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. - Samuel Johnson
Eye World To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task. - William Congreve
Eye I don't bat an eye at stuff like that. I've had my share of wins. If I worried about the games I should have won, it would probably drive me crazy. It was a fun game to pitch in. - Roger Clemens