Derek Smith > Quotes

“Back trouble was the curse of the builder and”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“filth was one of the things that turned you off sex. Smell and stains.”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“wasn’t that the way with every builder? No one had all the skills. You come in as a carpenter and they want more and more of you. Plastering, plumbing, roofing. So you say yes to get the work.”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“Twenty-two guys chasing a ball and a whole crowd screaming their heads off. It was an absurd ritual,”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“Social workers are bastards,”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“Beautiful, they extolled, that much bandied word, that should be restricted to descriptions of children, flowers and birds of paradise.”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“he himself would have fought back. Not easy when you’re naked,”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades

“England being England, weather is changeable.”
― Derek Smith, Jack of All Trades