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

- 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

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

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, t…

- David Mccord

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

- David Mccord

Books fall open, you fall in.

- David Mccord

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

- David Mccord

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

- David Mccord