--- title: "Best Richard Adams Sayings" description: "Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-adams-78388.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-adams-78388.jpg) # Richard Adams (1920–2016) Writer United Kingdom **109** quotes in **303** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Adams was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Watership Down*. ## Quick Facts About Richard Adams Born May 9, 1920 Died December 24, 2016 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works Watership Down Spouse Barbara Elizabeth Acland ## About Richard Adams Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving in the British Army during World War II. After completing his studies, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. ## Awards & Honors Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Carnegie Medal Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program Silvert Award Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by Richard Adams · Page 3 > [“Bigwig: "I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah." Hazel: "Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convince-threarah-hazel-because/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Innovation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/innovation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/richard-adams-4326_innovation_bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convi_1342367.jpg) > [“Love the animals. God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/love-the-animals-god-has-given-them-the-rudiments-of-thought-and-joy-2/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/richard-adams-4326_animals_love-the-animals-god-has-given-them-the_1850273.jpg) > [“Human beings say, "It never rains but it pours." This is not very apt, for it frequently does rain without pouring. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/human-beings-say-it-never-rains-but-it-pours-this-is-not-very-apt-for/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cloud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/richard-adams-4326_cloud_human-beings-say-it-never-rains-but-it-p_519547.jpg) > [“There is not a day or night but a doe offers her life for her kittens, or some honest captain of Owsla…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/there-is-not-a-day-or-night-but-a-doe-offers-her-life-for-her-kittens/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/richard-adams-4326_death_there-is-not-a-day-or-night-but-a-doe-of_2172984.jpg) > [“The rabbits mingled naturally. They did not talk for talking's sake, in the artificial manner that human beings - and sometimes even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/the-rabbits-mingled-naturally-they-did-not-talk-for-talking-s-sake-in/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/richard-adams-4326_richard-adams_the-rabbits-mingled-naturally-they-did-n_1636273.jpg) > [“A wild animal that feels that it no longer has any reason to live reaches in the end a point when its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/a-wild-animal-that-feels-that-it-no-longer-has-any-reason-to-live/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/richard-adams-4326_animal_a-wild-animal-that-feels-that-it-no-long_262465.jpg) > [“They want to be natural, the anti-social little beasts. They just don't realize that everyone's good depends on everyone's cooperation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/they-want-to-be-natural-the-anti-social-little-beasts-they-just-don-t/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Anti social](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-social/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b06/richard-adams-4326_socialism_they-want-to-be-natural-the-anti-social_1349481.jpg) > [“Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/animals-don-t-behave-like-men-he-said-if-they-have-to-fight-they/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/richard-adams-4326_animals_animals-don-t-behave-like-men-he-said-if_859807.jpg) > [“This was their way of honoring the dead. The story over, the demands of their own hard, rough lives began to re-assert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/this-was-their-way-of-honoring-the-dead-the-story-over-the-demands-of/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/richard-adams-4326_death_this-was-their-way-of-honoring-the-dead_2920626.jpg) > [“Mixed with the resinous scent of the firs there came another smell, strong and fragrant, yet sharp—the perfume of flowers, but of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/mixed-with-the-resinous-scent-of-the-firs-there-came-another-smell/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Flowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flowers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/richard-adams-4326_flowers_mixed-with-the-resinous-scent-of-the-fir_2956702.jpg) > [“Here is a boy who was waiting to be punished. But then, unexpectedly, he finds that his fault has been overlooked or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/here-is-a-boy-who-was-waiting-to-be-punished-but-then-unexpectedly-he/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Heavy heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heavy-heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/richard-adams-4326_heavy-heart_here-is-a-boy-who-was-waiting-to-be-puni_560759.jpg) > [How do they find out with the experiments?''...one way they can find out a whole lot is to make an animal ill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/how-do-they-find-out-with-the-experiments-one-way-they-can-find-out-a/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/richard-adams-4326_animal_how-do-they-find-out-with-the-experiment_2132772.jpg) > [“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/all-the-world-will-be-your-enemy-prince-with-a-thousand-enemies-and/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Enemies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/richard-adams-4326_enemies_all-the-world-will-be-your-enemy-prince_525211.jpg) > [“With a kind of wry envy, Hazel realized that Bigwig was actually looking forward to meeting the Efrafan assault. He knew he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/with-a-kind-of-wry-envy-hazel-realized-that-bigwig-was-actually/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Looking forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/looking-forward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/richard-adams-4326_looking-forward_with-a-kind-of-wry-envy-hazel-realized-t_2427848.jpg) > [“The rabbits became strange in many ways, different from other rabbits. They knew well enough what was happening. But even to themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/the-rabbits-became-strange-in-many-ways-different-from-other-rabbits/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Rabbits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rabbits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/richard-adams-4326_rabbits_the-rabbits-became-strange-in-many-ways_2853136.jpg) > [“No, no- the sky will grow dark, cold rain will fall and all trace of the right way will be blotted out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/no-no-the-sky-will-grow-dark-cold-rain-will-fall-and-all-trace-of-the/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/richard-adams-4326_inspirational_no-no-the-sky-will-grow-dark-cold-rain-w_1618584.jpg) > [There is nothing that cuts you down to size like coming to some strange and marvelous place where no one even stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/there-is-nothing-that-cuts-you-down-to-size-like-coming-to-some/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Cutting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cutting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/richard-adams-4326_cutting_there-is-nothing-that-cuts-you-down-to-s_1396971.jpg) > [“A rabbit sneeze on the morning breeze sets homesick hearts aglow sitting with his rumps in a chicory clump and longing for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/a-rabbit-sneeze-on-the-morning-breeze-sets-homesick-hearts-aglow/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Rabbit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rabbit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/richard-adams-4326_quote_a-rabbit-sneeze-on-the-morning-breeze-se_2194125.jpg) > [The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/the-radical-novelty-of-modern-science-lies-precisely-in-the-rejection/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/richard-adams-4326_astronomy_the-radical-novelty-of-modern-science-li_900085.jpg) > [“Narrow lanes climb both slopes and come together in a great ring of elm trees which encircles the flat summit. Any wind--even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/narrow-lanes-climb-both-slopes-and-come-together-in-a-great-ring-of/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Elm trees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/elm-trees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/richard-adams-4326_trees_narrow-lanes-climb-both-slopes-and-come_894181.jpg) > [“I should hurry, then, if I were you,” said Blackberry. “The sun will be down soon.” “Hah!” said Bigwig. “If I meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/i-should-hurry-then-if-i-were-you-said-blackberry-the-sun-will-be/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Soon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/richard-adams-4326_quote_i-should-hurry-then-if-i-were-you-said-b_2213064.jpg) > [All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/all-the-world-will-be-your-enemy-prince-of-a-thousand-enemies-and/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Cunning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cunning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/richard-adams-4326_cunning_all-the-world-will-be-your-enemy-prince_1795940.jpg) > [Rabbits (says Mr. Lockley) are like human beings in many ways. One of these is certainly their staunch ability to withstand disaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/rabbits-says-mr-lockley-are-like-human-beings-in-many-ways-one-of/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/richard-adams-4326_ability_rabbits-says-mr-lockley-are-like-human-b_445287.jpg) > [“Once the moon gets to be full somebody - some man or other - goes up every day and slices bits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/once-the-moon-gets-to-be-full-somebody-some-man-or-other-goes-up/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Bizarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bizarre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/richard-adams-4326_bizarre_once-the-moon-gets-to-be-full-somebody-s_1943361.jpg) > [“Then El-ahrairah knew that Frith was too clever for him and he was frightened. He thought that the fox and the weasel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/then-el-ahrairah-knew-that-frith-was-too-clever-for-him-and-he-was/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Ahrairah Knew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ahrairah-knew-2323579/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/richard-adams-4326_quote_then-el-ahrairah-knew-that-frith-was-too_229087.jpg) > [“alighted near Hazel and Fiver. “How’s Holly?” asked Hazel. “’E sad,” said Kehaar. “’E say you no come back.” Then he added,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/alighted-near-hazel-and-fiver-how-s-holly-asked-hazel-e-sad-said/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Oh well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oh-well/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/richard-adams-4326_oh-well_alighted-near-hazel-and-fiver-how-s-holl_2619267.jpg) > [“Sheep used to have wings. One flew into the sky and all the others followed. They took their wings off while feeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/sheep-used-to-have-wings-one-flew-into-the-sky-and-all-the-others/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Bizarre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bizarre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/richard-adams-4326_bizarre_sheep-used-to-have-wings-one-flew-into-t_2280230.jpg) > [“Before such people can act together, a kind of telepathic feeling has to flow through them and ripen to the point when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/before-such-people-can-act-together-a-kind-of-telepathic-feeling-has/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/richard-adams-4326_animals_before-such-people-can-act-together-a-ki_1857994.jpg) > [“A quick run past the rabbits' execution shed, a turn around the kittens' quicklime pit, a moment's hesitation beyond the monkeys' gas-chamber--and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/a-quick-run-past-the-rabbits-execution-shed-a-turn-around-the-kittens/) [Richard Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/) [Another day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/richard-adams-4326_another-day_a-quick-run-past-the-rabbits-execution-s_463925.jpg) ## Richard Adams by topic [Rabbits (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rabbits/richard-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-adams/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Adams Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Bigwig: \"I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah.\" Hazel: \"Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-adams/bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convince-threarah-hazel-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/richard-adams-4326_innovation_bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convi_1342367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/richard-adams-4326_innovation_bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convi_1342367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/richard-adams-4326_innovation_bigwig-i-can-t-think-why-he-didn-t-convi_1342367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bigwig: \"I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah.\" Hazel: \"Because Threarah doesn't like anything he…” — Richard Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Love the animals. 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