Quotes by Robertson Davies

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

#Genius

He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and...

#Genius

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

#Wisdom

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

#Fear, #Humor

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

#Canada

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

#Robertson Davies

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

#Canada

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

#Robertson Davies

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

#Robertson Davies

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

#Robertson Davies

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we...

#Robertson Davies

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

#Robertson Davies