“Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always… — Dick Francis Humor Copy Share Image
But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day. — Dick Francis Discarded Copy Share Image
How could people, I wondered for the ten thousandth useless time, how could people who had loved so dearly come to such… — Dick Francis Ashes 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
“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
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 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 had set myself an unattainable ideal. Such human skill I could summon wasn’t enough for the job. I felt the suicidal… — Dick Francis Success Copy Share Image
“Yet all we had was here and now, and here and now was always where the struggle toward goodness had to be… — Dick Francis Character 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
But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they'll call you… — Dick Francis Believe Copy Share Image
“Life is like the weather,despite a sunny forecast you can get wet.” — Dick Francis Life Copy Share Image
“I looked into his sandy brown eyes, at one with the hair. At the business- like outward presentation of the man who… — Dick Francis Brown eyes Copy Share Image
“Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.” — Dick Francis Absolutely nothing 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 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
THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back… — Dick Francis Children Copy Share Image
Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is… — Dick Francis Chosen 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
“In the context of ten thousand years, I thought, what did Filmer and his sins matter? Yet all we had was here… — Dick Francis Thousand years 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 Old enough Copy Share Image
