“It's people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world.” — Dick Francis Obsession Copy Share Image
Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to… — Dick Francis Crime Copy Share Image
“May I deal with honour May I act with courage May I achieve humility” — Dick Francis Courage Copy Share Image
But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day. — Dick Francis Discarded Copy Share Image
Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been. — Dick Francis Character Copy Share Image
“The bad scorn the good . . . and the crooked despise the straight." ~Greville” — Dick Francis Crooked Copy Share Image
Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. — Dick Francis Achieve Copy Share Image
“Mrs Palissey and I tended to have the same conversations over and over and slightly too often. ” — Dick Francis Conversations 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… — Dick Francis Enough 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… — Dick Francis Betrayal Copy Share Image
Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in… — Dick Francis Easy Copy Share Image
“Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always… — Dick Francis Comedy Copy Share Image
Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a… — Dick Francis Easy Copy Share Image
Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography: and its… — Dick Francis Analyzing 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… — Dick Francis Children 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… — Dick Francis Lies 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… — Dick Francis Motives 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,… — Dick Francis Trainer Racehorses Copy Share Image
I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it… — Dick Francis Be good Copy Share Image
“He gave me a last dark look, not admitting defeat,not giving an inch .I watched him with unexpected regret. Watched him until… — Dick Francis Dark Copy Share Image
Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the… — Dick Francis Cosmic Copy Share Image
I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of… — Dick Francis Back Copy Share Image
“Life is like the weather,despite a sunny forecast you can get wet.” — Dick Francis Life Copy Share Image
“Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.” — Dick Francis Absolutely nothing Copy Share Image
A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it. — Dick Francis Fence Copy Share Image
“I gazed at him. He was old enough to know that few things were fair. Most five-year-olds had already discovered it.” — Dick Francis Fair Copy Share Image
Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you. Or release… — Dick Francis Behave Copy Share Image
“Chick forced himself to turn his head away, to walk in view of that window, to take the ten exposed steps down… — Dick Francis Chick Copy Share Image
Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision. — Dick Francis Dreams Copy Share Image
“If ever you get invited into someone's home,' my father said (as he had been invited five or six times that morning),… — Dick Francis Hypocrisy Copy Share Image
“Silly,' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact,… — Dick Francis Politicians Copy Share Image
I hadn’t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone who had… — Dick Francis Dear Copy Share Image
“I waved back and went in, and began to sort my way through ancient building plans that had been rolled up so… — Dick Francis Humor Copy Share Image
