Straight Quotes

“May I deal with honour
May I act with courage
May I achieve humility”
― Dick Francis, Straight

“Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't.”
― Dick Francis, Straight

“The bad scorn the good . . .
and the crooked despise the straight."
~Greville”
― Dick Francis, Straight

“Infinite sadness is not to trust an old friend.”
― Dick Francis, Straight

“I inherited my brother's life. Inherited his desk, his business, his gadgets, his enemies, his horses and his mistress. I inherited my brother's life, and it nearly killed me.”
― Dick Francis, Straight