Dick Francis Quotes

I Hadn’t Had A Mother Since I Was Two, And From Then Until Seven I Had Believed God Was Someone Who Had Run Off With Her And Was Living With Her Somewhere Else... (god Took Your Mother, Dear, Because He Needed Her More Than You Do) Which Had Never Endeared Him To Me

Emotion Is A Rotten Base For Politics.

Writing A Novel Proved To Be The Hardest, Most Self-analyzing Task I Had Ever Attempted, Far Worse Than An Autobiography: And Its Rewards Were Greater Than I Expected.

The Known Child I Wondered To What Extent People Remained The Same As They'd Been When Very Young; If One Peeled Back The Layers Of Living One Would Come To The Known Child.

Historically, More People Have Died Of Religion Than Cancer.

But People As A Rule Believe Only What They Want To Believe, And If You Tell Them Anything Else They'll Call You A Trouble-maker And Get Rid Of You And Never Give You Your Job Back, Even If What You Said Is Proved Spot On Right By Time.

Life Has A Way Of Kicking One Along Like A Football, Or So I've Found. Fate Had Never Dealt Me Personally A Particularly Easy Time, But That Was Ok, That Was Normal. Most People, It Seemed To Me, Took Their Turn To Be Football. Most Survived. Some Didn't.

Let An Idea Swim To The Surface Like A Fish In A Pool...let The Mind Drift To The Vision.

Physics Is The Science Of All The Tremendously Powerful Invisibilities - Of Magnetism, Electricity, Gravity, Light, Sound, Cosmic Rays. Physics Is The Science Of The Mysteries Of The Universe. How Could Anyone Think It Dull?

I Guessed Life Was Like That. You Gained And You Lost, And If You Saved Anything From The Ruins, Even If Only A Shred Of Self-respect, It Was Enough To Take You Through The Next Bit.

But One Discarded Dreams And Got Dressed, And Made What One Could Of The Day.

Logic Doesn't Stop You Feeling. You Can Behave Logically And It Can Hurt Like Hell. Or It Can Comfort You. Or Release You. Or All At The Same Time