Silas Robertson Quotes

A Note From Jase
I'm the second son of Phil and Kay Robertson. Si (Phil's youngest brother) named me on the riverbank. Si went to the river to tell Phil that Kay was having a baby. I've always heard that Phil's response was something to the effect of, "What do you want me to do about it?" Si asked him, "What do you want to name him?" Phil replied, "Name him after you." So I was given the name Jason Silas Robertson. Maybe that's why Si and I love to argue so much. My dad called me "Jase" about half the time, and somewhere through the years the name stuck. ~ Phil Robertson

Hey, you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Now, you can give an old dog new toys! And, hey, we've got one here. ~ Si Robertson

Speakers' nerves affect them in various ways. Some tremble, some become frenzied. I lose all confidence, and suffer from a leaden oppression that makes me wonder why I ever agreed to speak at all; the Tomb and the Conqueror Worm seem preferable to delivering the stupid and piffling speech I have so carefully prepared. ~ Robertson Davies

A covenant is a bond in blood sovereignly administered. When God enters into a covenantal relationship with men, he sovereignly institutes a life-and-death bond. A covenant is a bond in blood, or a bond of life and death, sovereignly administered. ~ O. Palmer Robertson

If God is your solid foundation, good or bad, you're going to be happy, you're going to be joyous if you're in him. And that's what we stand on. ~ Missy Robertson

I believe that he [Jesus] is Lord of the government, and the church, and business and education, and, hopefully, one day, Lord of the press. I see him involved in everything. And that's why I don't want to stay just in the church, as such. I want the church to move into the world. ~ Pat Robertson

I picked ducks in a tub in my dorm room. I'd hang deer in the doorway between the bedroom and the little living room in our little apartment there, and I'd skin my deer, and all the guts would go in the tub, and I'd sneak them out so my fellow students on both sides wouldn't see all that, you know. I'd clean fish up there and all. ~ Phil Robertson

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ~ Robertson Davies

How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top? ~ Pat Robertson

What are you even doing here?' I barred my fangs at Silas. 'Aren't you just a paper pusher?
'That's my girl.' Connor smiled. ~ Andrea Cremer

They [say] everybody's creative. Well, everybody is. But any real creativity has to rest on a basis of an acquired technique and an acquired knowledge; you can't be creative in a void, or you just get a mess. ~ Robertson Davies

Ever since Eve gave Adam the apple, there has been a misunderstanding between the sexes about gifts. ~ Nan Robertson

A big man is always accused of gluttony, whereas a wizened or osseous man can eat like a refugee at every meal, and no one ever notices his greed. ~ Robertson Davies

I think America needs us. 'Duck Dynasty' has given some hope to bringing the family back. I want to set that example. ~ Kay Robertson

You are certainly unique. Everyone is unique. Nobody has ever suffered quite like you before because nobody has ever been you before. ~ Robertson Davies

A house isn't really understandable until it settles into the site: until it's built, furnished and lived in for four or five years. The reality is not on paper but in how a building sits on the land - how it relates to trees, to slopes, to water, to gardens. ~ Jaquelin T. Robertson

We caught seventy-five frogs that night! We left our ice chest in the truck, so I was putting frogs in my socks and the pockets of my pants and shirt.
When we couldn't carry any more frogs, we made our way back to my truck. As soon as we arrived, police cars came from every direction. A homeowner in the neighborhood must have seen my truck and feared we were burglars. As the police questioned us, they must have thought Mike was drunk, because he couldn't stop laughing. They kept asking me what we'd been drinking and smoking and where it was. When a policeman shined a light on my shirt, I figured out what Mike was giggling about. I forgot I'd stuffed a frog into the front pocket of my shirt and buttoned it. Its legs were sticking out of my pocket and it looked like it was wearing a diaper! The police let us go but warned us to never sneak back onto the golf course because it was trespassing. We probably went back three or four times by a different route and never were caught. ~ Jase Robertson

The first thing I'd do [as a president] is de-regulate about 90-percent of the things that they've got regulation on, OK, including duck hunting. We're way over-regulated on everything. ~ Si Robertson

I like sporks. They're like spoons, but you can poke people with them. ~ Ed Robertson

A great many complimentary things have been said about the faculty of memory, and if you look in a good quotation book you will find them neatly arranged. ~ Robertson Davies

I remember the moment that I realized that I was going to get the opportunity to be in my dream role, and I said, 'I just don't think life gets any better!' You have to take that moment and expand it for as long as possible because it's such a cool feeling. ~ Britt Robertson

Living original means being confident that God made you in a really cool, unique way ~ Sadie Robertson

God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness. ~ Frederick William Robertson

NATO and the EU have also agreed on permanent arrangements on consultation and cooperation between themselves. ~ Lord Robertson

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last - tough people do. ~ James Robertson

Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them. ~ Silas Weir Mitchell

The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness. ~ Frederick William Robertson

The right thing to do would be for you to acknowledge that you feel something for me that's remotely close to what I feel for you. I've asked only for a single grain of sand from you, Persephone, while I'm the whole fucking beach at your feet... ~ Linda Robertson

The year you win an Oscar is the fastest year in a Hollywood actor's life. Twelve months later they ask, 'Who won the Oscar last year?' ~ Cliff Robertson

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. ~ William Robertson Smith

No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. ~ Frederick William Robertson

When I go out or to an event, I'll wear blue jeans and a shirt. And sometimes when I go to an event I'll wear camouflage. It depends what kind of mood I'm in. ~ Si Robertson

I want my grandkids to grow up in the great outdoors. The last thing I want is for them to grow up to be nerds. ~ Phil Robertson

You said pain is necessary, because in order for a person to succeed, they must first learn to conquer adversity. ~ Colleen Hoover

Childhood may have periods of great happiness, but it also has times that must simply be endured. Childhood at its best is a form of slavery tempered by affection. ~ Robertson Davies

Be not another if thou canst be thyself. ~ Robertson Davies

Very few [doctors] are men of science in any very serious sense; they're men of technique. ~ Robertson Davies