Gardiner Day" in honour of a life member of the club, who announced his retirement as Chairman of the Municipality of Metro Toronto. Gardiner's services to the community in the field of politics and other areas of civic welfare were recognized by the University of Toronto, when he was granted the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa. Famous quotes Gardiner was well-practiced as a speechmaker for the Conservatives, in his summations as a lawyer, and in Metro Toronto business. He often expressed his beliefs in turns of phrases: "I don't care if I win or lose. But I'll win" "The only symphony I understand is the one played on a cash register" "You'll never leave footprints in the sands of time if you sit in your cabana on the beach" "Nobody has ever borrowed their way to prosperity" "A mathematical phenomenon exists in our suburbs - multiplication by sub-division" "Toronto has shrunk at the core and burst at the seams" "It's not too much of a tempest and not much of a teapot" "Smile and the world smiles with you; tax and you tax alone" "An ability to shoot golf in the low 60s is an indication of at least a partially misspent life" See also Robert Moses Spadina Expressway, a roadway he had suggested in the 1940s as a member of the Toronto and Suburban Planning Board References External links 1895 births 1983 deaths University of Toronto alumni Lawyers in Ontario Mayors of places in Ontario Chairmen of Metropolitan Toronto Canadian King's Counsel Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto 20th-century Canadian lawyers