“Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always be considered an insult. Always remember that umbrage can be taken by the lift of an eyebrow. Remember… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“To be logical you have to dig up and face your own hidden motives and emotions, and of course they're hidden principally because you don't want to face them. So...um...it's easier to let your basement feelings run the upper storeys, so to speak, and the result is quarrels, love, opinions, anorexia, philanthropy... almost anything you can think of. I just… — Dick Francis Copy Share
Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“She said several times that Malcolm was a fiend who was determined to destroy his children, and that I was the devil incarnate helping… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“Gawd, he thought furiously, he hadn't expected it to be like this. Just a lousy walk down the yard to give a carrot to… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“The bad scorn the good . . . and the crooked despise the straight." ~Greville” — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
“The house was dark. Upstairs, behind the black open window with the pale curtain flapping in the spartan air, slept Arthur Morrison, trainer of… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
