To the Far Blue Mountains Quotes

“He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was.......”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“After a few days, I mused, I would have no trouble. Whoever heard of a revolution of fat men?”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“We must not lose touch with what we were, with what we had been, nor must we allow the well of our history to dry up, for a child without tradition is a child crippled before the world. Tradition can also be an anchor of stability and a shield to guard one from irresponsibility and hasty decision.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“All men wish to be captains, but few men wish to shoulder the burden of decision, and in coming here with these others, I had staked a claim that I must wall against misfortune.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“The more one learns the more he understands his ignorance. I am simply an ignorant man, trying to lessen his ignorance.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“for the bringer of meat is welcome at any fire.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Luck comes to a man who puts himself in the way of it. You”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Yet moaning and wailing was not my way. I had never complained, for who cares for complaints? If something is wrong, one does something.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“To disbelieve is easy; to scoff is simple; to have faith is harder. Yet I had faith in the intentions of my countrymen, no matter how far they might at times stray from those intentions.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Men distrust strangers, so have a few places where you are known … but not too well. Not”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“My father had lived through wars and troubles, and it left him with a sense that nothing lasted but what a man made of himself.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“[Barnabas speaks] "I will drink water."

"Water? But water is not fit for men to drink. For the cattle, for birds and beast, but a man needs ale . . . or wine, if you are a Frenchman." [William answers]”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“My mam said always to take a cargo of memories, whatever else, for when all is lost the memories remain.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“true?”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“The idea that the world was flat was never put forth by a seafaring man. It was a tale told to landsmen, or to merchants who might be inclined to compete for markets, for in those days the source of raw material was closely guarded.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Men do not like puzzles, Barnabas. They prefer categories. It is far easier to slip a piece of information into a known slot than to puzzle over the unknown.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“I had already learned to listen to the advice of others but to act only on my own beliefs, and to make my own decisions.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“The Bible, of course, for aside from religion there is much to be learned of men and their ways in the Bible. It is also a source of comments made, of references and figures of speech. No man could consider himself educated without some knowledge of it.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Hitting his enormous body was useless. I might as well have pounded a huge leather sack filled with wheat. So”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“He had seemed huge and fat. He was all of that, but he was also a man of unbelievable strength. His”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“If a man or woman is inclined to murder or violence, owning a gun is not important. There are always a dozen things about with which a man can be killed. For”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“but two shots, and then it was the knife until death.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“When men live by hunting it is a constant task with all our mouths to feed, and usually the Indians who came visiting. The”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“A move well planned is a move half-done, and I tried to think through every phase. We”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“but being human, there would be differences of opinion, for the ideal situation may exist but not ideal people. Wise”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“for what man does not love that which he himself has built?”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“I think that no two men age at the same rate, or learn equal sums from experience. Some”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“I despise no learning, Sakim.”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains

“Nothing in my nature permitted me to trust to fortune, for it was my belief that good luck comes to those who work hard and plan well. So”
― Louis L'Amour, To the Far Blue Mountains