Proof Quotes

“Mrs Palis­sey and I tend­ed to have the same con­ver­sa­tions over and over and slight­ly too of­ten.
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― Dick Francis, Proof

“Beach's conspicuous intelligence would take him far if only he would stir himself to choose a direction”
― Dick Francis, Proof

“Be grateful for villainy, I thought. The jobs of millions depended on it, Gerard’s included. Police, lawyers, tax inspectors, prison warders, court officials, security guards, locksmiths and people making burglar alarms. Where would they be the world over but for the multiple faces of Cain. “Gerard,” I said.”
― Dick Francis, Proof

“How not to sound like a upper class man. It had been mostly a matter, I'd found, of speaking not far back in the throat but up behind the teeth, a reversal of the way I'd just painstakingly learned to speak French like a Frenchman”
― Dick Francis, Proof

“If you mix a liquid with gunpowder and ignite it, and it burns with a steady blue flame, then the liquid must be at least fifty percent alcohol, and that's PROOF. That's the way they proved a liquid was alcohol in the 17th century when distilled spirits were first taxed, and that's what is meant by proof to this day”
― Dick Francis, Proof

“Where’s your sling?” “I forgot it this morning. It’s at home.” “Don’t tire yourself, dear, will you? And we’ll need some more drinks whenever you’ve time.” She fished in her handbag and produced a list. “After Jack’s home the owners will start coming again and some of them drink like fish, though I shouldn’t say it, and Jack says he’s going to add it on their bills as medicine for the horses, which you can’t blame him for, can you, dear?” “Er ... no.” She put the list on the counter beside the present, and, saying she had a thousand things to do on her way to the hospital, went light-footedly away. I unwrapped the parcel curiously and found that although it was small in size it couldn’t have been in price. The box inside the glazed white paper had come from a jeweler in Reading, and it contained”
― Dick Francis, Proof