Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness.

Quote by Robertson Davies

Topics: Women Quotes

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit...

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.

No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to...