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I turned my head and saw the wind,
Not far from where I stood,
Dragging the corn by her golden hair,
Into a dark and lonely wood. — W.H. Davies
Not far from where I stood,
Dragging the corn by her golden hair,
Into a dark and lonely wood. — W.H. Davies
I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis tournaments.
— Richard Davies
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
For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?
— Sir John Davies
Rudolf Valentino looks very much alive and he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by.
— Ray Davies
And hear the pleasant cockoo, loud and long - The simple bird that thinks two notes a song.
— W.H. Davies
Arty farty, you'll never fool your Aunt, who knew you picked your nose and wet your pants.
— Ray 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
I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye.
— Robertson Davies
I love the smell of Chai Tea in the morning... (What should have been said in "Apocalypse Now")
— Sakinaa Davies
The problem for a Paracelsian physician like me is that I see diseases as disguises in which people present me with their wretchedness.
— Robertson Davies
A Library goes on as far as thought can reach.
— Robertson Davies
Wolves hate farewells,...
— David Clement-Davies
Ask a guy who his favourite authors are. If he doesn't list a single female among them, something up.
— Stephanie Davies
Why would he do that? I thought
he said
he loved me." "As if I needed a reason to hate him more," Asher muttered, avoiding my gaze. — Jocelyn Davies
he said
he loved me." "As if I needed a reason to hate him more," Asher muttered, avoiding my gaze. — Jocelyn Davies
I love a good safari.
— John Rhys-Davies
I know what I want at least, and the older I get I think I'm better at getting it out of players and singers.
— Peter Maxwell Davies
When I had money, money, O! I knew no joy till I went poor; For many a false man as a friend Came knocking all day at my door.
— W.H. Davies
By 1960 work will be limited to three hours a day.
— John Langdon-Davies
As long as I love Beauty I am young.
— W.H. Davies
The talking oak To the ancient spoke. But any tree Will talk to me.
— Mary Carolyn Davies
Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day And dances by false glare at night; But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves To spread its wings in Nature's light.
— W.H. Davies
Mr John Langdon Davies warns women 'that when children cease to be altogether desirable, women cease to be altogether necessary'.
— Virginia Woolf
Art is wine and experience is the brandy we distill from it.
— Robertson Davies
I prefer love scenes to be shot up close with a lot of focus on eyes and mouths. Otherwise it can feel uncomfortable and voyeuristic.
— Andrew Davies
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
— Robertson Davies
The venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals.
— Samuel Davies
The art of the quoter is to know when to stop.
— Robertson Davies
I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.
— Alan Davies
I'm hurling all the little joys against the greater sadness. The sadness is a giant weight. It presses down. Its mean: What's the point?
— Luke Davies
You're stuck with being yourself, so the important thing is to find people who like that.
— Andrew Davies
My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.
— Robertson Davies
You'll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you'll never stop climbing.
— Robertson Davies
In your heart there is innocence waiting to be free.
— Ray Davies
Love. The great destroyer of worlds.
— Jocelyn Davies
I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.
— Russell T. Davies
And I come to realise that all my small todays, the way I act, will lead into my tomorrows.
— Luke Davies