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# Richard Ford

(1944)   Researcher   United States

 **184** quotes in **634** categories

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Richard Ford is a researcher from the United States, best known for *The sportswriter*.

## Quick Facts About Richard Ford

Born February 16, 1944

Nationality United States

Profession Researcher

Notable works The sportswriter

Known for Canada, Wildlife, Rock Springs

## About Richard Ford

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short‑story author best known for a series of novels featuring the character Frank Bascombe.

## Awards & Honors

Lucien Barrière Literary Award honorary doctor of the University of Rennes 2 Q24930544 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Pulitzer Prize for Fiction PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction PEN/Malamud Award Guggenheim Fellowship

Show 4 more awards Princess of Asturias Literary Prize Prix Femina étranger Q16995068 Siegfried Lenz Prize

##  Quotes by Richard Ford · Page 4

> [“You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him sing opera.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-can-t-make-him-sing-opera/)

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[Horse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/horse/)

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> [I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-work-really-hard-at-these-books-and-when-colleagues-write-nasty/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/married-life-requires-shared-mystery-even-when-all-the-facts-are-known/)

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[Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/)

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> [I didn't feel up to writing about 9/11. If I were to write about it, it would take me years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-didn-t-feel-up-to-writing-about-9-11-if-i-were-to-write-about-it-it/)

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[Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/)

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> [Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/things-you-did-things-you-never-did-things-you-dreamed-after-a-long/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“to sit in the empty stands of a Florida ball park and hear the sounds of glove leather and chatter;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/to-sit-in-the-empty-stands-of-a-florida-ball-park-and-hear-the-sounds/)

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[Chatter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chatter/)

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> [I've been mainly a happy boy in my life. I married the right girl and we did what we wanted to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-ve-been-mainly-a-happy-boy-in-my-life-i-married-the-right-girl-and/)

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[Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/)

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> [“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/he-was-like-my-father-they-each-wanted-me-to-be-their-audience-to/)

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[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

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> [If I could have married my wife and been a sports writer for the past 30 years, I wouldn't be sitting here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/if-i-could-have-married-my-wife-and-been-a-sports-writer-for-the-past/)

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[Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/)

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> [It is right that you have to have a tolerance for solitude. But when that solitude bears fruit, you can abandon it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-is-right-that-you-have-to-have-a-tolerance-for-solitude-but-when/)

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[Abandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/)

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> [I don't want to be taken to Bhutan and smell the flowers. I want to be told something I couldn't have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-don-t-want-to-be-taken-to-bhutan-and-smell-the-flowers-i-want-to-be/)

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[Bhutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bhutan/)

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> [Well, I believe in the idea of 'normal' in the way that I believe in the idea of logic. Or the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/well-i-believe-in-the-idea-of-normal-in-the-way-that-i-believe-in-the/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [“Against these forces -- an earth rotating, a sun lowering its angle in the sky, winds filling with rain and the geese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/against-these-forces-an-earth-rotating-a-sun-lowering-its-angle-in/)

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> [Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/maturity-as-i-conceived-it-was-recognizing-what-was-bad-or-peculiar/)

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> [“Though finally the worst thing about regret is that it makes you duck the chance of suffering new regret just as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/though-finally-the-worst-thing-about-regret-is-that-it-makes-you-duck/)

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> [Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/most-things-don-t-stay-the-way-they-are-for-very-long-i-take-nothing/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [“Teachers, let me tell you, are born deceivers of the lowest sort, since what they want from life is impossible — time-freed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/teachers-let-me-tell-you-are-born-deceivers-of-the-lowest-sort-since/)

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> [Someone wanted me to write a profile for ESPN about the commissioner of baseball, and I said, "He's just some suit! Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/someone-wanted-me-to-write-a-profile-for-espn-about-the-commissioner/)

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[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

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> [“The most important things of your life can change so suddenly, so unrecoverably, that you can forget even the most important of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/the-most-important-things-of-your-life-can-change-so-suddenly-so/)

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[Important things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/important-things/)

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> [“Then, what's the matter?' I wonder, in fact, how many times I have said that or something equal to it to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/then-what-s-the-matter-i-wonder-in-fact-how-many-times-i-have-said/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [If Trump was just a piddly-ass little hotel owner some place, having the kind of character and manners that he has, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/if-trump-was-just-a-piddly-ass-little-hotel-owner-some-place-having/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Until you can become accountable to yourself and only yourself, you're probably not going to live a fully vital life. So much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/until-you-can-become-accountable-to-yourself-and-only-yourself-you-re/)

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[Accountability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accountability/)

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> [“If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/if-there-s-another-thing-that-sportswriting-teaches-you-it-is-that/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [If sportswriting teaches you anything, and there is much truth to it as well as plenty of lies, it is that for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/if-sportswriting-teaches-you-anything-and-there-is-much-truth-to-it/)

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[Faces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faces/)

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> [When I write a novel I start each morning by reading for 20 minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/when-i-write-a-novel-i-start-each-morning-by-reading-for-20-minutes/)

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> [I think once you love somebody, you love somebody; that's just how it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/i-think-once-you-love-somebody-you-love-somebody-that-s-just-how-it-is/)

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[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

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> [“It was as if I'd already left some time before and was just catching up with myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-was-as-if-i-d-already-left-some-time-before-and-was-just-catching/)

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[Left](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left/)

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> [You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/you-can-t-write-on-the-strength-of-influence-you-can-only-write-a/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. It's what you're willing to give up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/your-life-doesn-t-mean-what-you-have-or-what-you-get-it-s-what-you-re/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/the-art-of-living-your-life-has-a-lot-to-do-with-getting-over-loss/)

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> [“It was striking, the character of destruction. It was always diverse”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-was-striking-the-character-of-destruction-it-was-always-diverse/)

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> [“Only sometimes you can't feel anything about a subject without hypothesizing its extinction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/only-sometimes-you-can-t-feel-anything-about-a-subject-without/)

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> [“that jail existed for the opposite reason from why your home existed”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/that-jail-existed-for-the-opposite-reason-from-why-your-home-existed/)

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[Jail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jail/)

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> [Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/some-people-want-to-be-bank-presidents-other-people-want-to-rob-banks/)

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> [Paul Ryan's just a really, deeply evil little creature. But he's not little; he's actually quite tall, I'm sorry to see. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/paul-ryan-s-just-a-really-deeply-evil-little-creature-but-he-s-not/)

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[Bad guy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-guy/)

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> [“the worst thing about regret is that it makes you duck the chance of new regret, just as you get a glimmer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/the-worst-thing-about-regret-is-that-it-makes-you-duck-the-chance-of/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“It's odd, though, what makes you think about the truth. It's so rarely involved in the events of your life. I quit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-s-odd-though-what-makes-you-think-about-the-truth-it-s-so-rarely/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“It was if we all sensed we'd be gone someday soon in a sudden instant--often it happened in the middle of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/it-was-if-we-all-sensed-we-d-be-gone-someday-soon-in-a-sudden-instant/)

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[Attachment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attachment/)

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> [“Probably many people’s vision of “thinking something through” is of this nature: you do precisely what you want to do—if you can.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/probably-many-people-s-vision-of-thinking-something-through-is-of/)

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[Dreams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/)

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> [“...good counsel: generosity, longevity, acceptance, relinquishment, letting the world come to me -- and, with these things to make a life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ford/good-counsel-generosity-longevity-acceptance-relinquishment-letting/)

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[Counsel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/counsel/)

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