David McCord Quotes & Sayings

Books fall open, you fall in. — David McCord

Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been. — David McCord

Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit. — David McCord

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king. — David McCord

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul. — David McCord

A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe. — David McCord

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was. — David McCord

Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you. — David McCord

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie. — David McCord

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens. — David McCord

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life. — David McCord

March is outside the door Flaming some old desire As man turns uneasily from his fire. — David McCord