English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Robertson Davies Quotes

But in every church there are people who, for reasons which seem sufficient to them, do not approve of their pastor and seek to harry him and bully him into some condition pleasing to themselves. The democracy which the Reformation brought into the Christian Church rages in their bosoms like a fire; they would deny that they regard their clergyman as their spiritual hired hand, whom they boss and oversee for his own good, but that is certainly the impression they give to observers.

Robertson Davies

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Dan Fogelberg quote: "My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not..."
My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way. Dan Fogelberg
In half a century of challenge and learning and trial-and-error, each of us had struggled from hard times to a present lovely beyond our dreams. Richard Bach
Had he lived some centuries ago, in the brightly coloured civilizations of the past, he would have had a definite status, his rank and his income would have corresponded. But in his day the angel of Democracy had arisen, enshadowing the classes with leathern wings, and proclaiming, "All men are equal--all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas... E. M. Forster
Bill McCartney quote: "When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability..."
When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms. Bill McCartney
Peter L. Berger quote: "If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created..."
If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes. Peter L. Berger
Chauncey Depew quote: "The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you..."
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. Chauncey Depew
Now she has power and passion and the struggle has significance for me-let the momentary consequences be what they may. Suppose that in her pride she becomes giddy, suppose that she does break with me-all right! -she has her freedom, but she will still belong to me. That the engagement should bind her is silly-I want to possess her only in her freedom Soren Kierkegaard
The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test. Stephen Vizinczey
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost. Daphne du Maurier
Poetry. Love's Philosophy. The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine In one another's being mingl? Why not I with thine? See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdain'd its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the se? What are all these kissings worth, If... Percy Bysshe Shelley
Jessica Lange quote: "To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have..."
To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership. Jessica Lange
Bertrand Russell quote: "Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts...."
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment. Bertrand Russell
Mickey Spillane quote: "I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so..."
I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it. Mickey Spillane
There are lots of businesses that are well in excess of $9 billion that have gone into bankruptcy, that have been mismanaged. And that has not served anyone very well. Roger Goodell
Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions. Vic Morrow