Baron Selkirk of Douglas

Famous quotes containing the words baron and/or douglas:

    “People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilisation. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilisation; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.”
    —Kenneth MacKenzie Clark, Baron of Saltwood (1903–1983)

    “Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)