Folk Quotes

496 Folk quotes by 383 unique authors

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' I should think so… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And there was that letter from the Bramleys—that really made me feel good. You don’t find people like the Bramleys now; radio, television and the… — James Herriot
A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby,… — Orhan Pamuk
Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're actually… — Robert Rankin
Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the folk who keep… — Garth Nix
It’s not that they’re small, the fair folk. Especially not the queen of them all, Mab of the flashing eyes and the slow smile with… — Neil Gaiman
You say that you people don’t burn folk and sacrifice people anymore, but that’s what true faith would mean, y’see? Sacrificin’ your own life, one… — Terry Pratchett
So here’s where they put you. I didn’t think they even used these cells anymore.” He glanced sideways. “I got the wrong window at first.… — Cassandra Clare
Our civilization has fallen out of touch with night. With lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the forests and the… — Henry Beston
Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench… — Walter Moers
It's my experience that most folk who ride trains could care less where they're going. For them it's the journey itself and the people they… — David Baldacci
(a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves… — Alice Walker
Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they… — Jules Verne
Rich folk don't try so hard — Kathryn Stockett
But after Mr. Evers got shot a week ago, lot a colored folk is frustrated in this town. Especially the younger ones, who ain't built… — Kathryn Stockett
I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can… — Mary Karr
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. — Walter Scott
That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. — Robin Hobb
As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to chops and sausages.… — Terry Pratchett
He cut her off with brutal precision. "And one last thing." His eyes flicked toward the door, through which Jace, Alec, and Isabelle had disappeared.… — Cassandra Clare
This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is… — Neil Gaiman
Love and hate hold hands always so it made natural sense that they'd get confused by upset married folk in the wee hours once in… — Daniel Woodrell
But as de old folk always say, Ah'm born but Ah ain't dead. No tellin' whut Ah'm liable tuh do yet. — Zora Neale Hurston
Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to… — J.R.R. Tolkien

Who Wrote These Folk Quotes

383 authors contributed a total of 496 Folk Quotes, led by these top contributors: