Wilbur Smith Quotes

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• It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other being would have…
• The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes…
• Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect…
• A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor…
• They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.
• You know that feeling when you finish a final exam and you think, 'I never want to do that again'? Well I have the same…
• I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will…
• Litigation only makes lawyers fat.
• I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.
• Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're…
• There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.
• I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area of wilderness entirely…
• People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I…
• All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and this is the…
• Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20…
• I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in…
• I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?
• I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the…
• I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
• I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.

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