Richard Adams Quotes
Top 69 wise famous quotes and sayings by Richard Adams
Richard Adams Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Those are rabbits down there, trotting along like a lot of squirrels with nuts. How can that be right?
Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.
I think we ought to do all we can to make these creatures friendly. It might turn out to be well worth the trouble.
A rabbit sneeze on the morning breeze sets homesick hearts aglow sitting with his rumps in a chicory clump and longing for a nice plump doe.
You needn't worry about them," said his companion. "They'll be alright - and thousands like them. If you'll come along, I'll show you what I mean.
I dare say a good many ... would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief, but I'm afraid I'm not much good at that.
I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.
They want to be natural, the anti-social little beasts. They just don't realize that everyone's good depends on everyone's cooperation.
Who wants to hear about brave deeds when he's ashamed of his own, and who likes an open, honest tale from someone he's deceiving?
Wisdom is found on the desolate hillside ... where none comes to feed, and the stony bank where the rabbit scratches a hole in vain.
I am sorry for you with all my heart. But you cannot blame us, for you came to kill us if you could.
The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.
Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what they really enjoy is feeling proof against it.
You can't call your life your own: and in return you have safety, if it's worth having at the price you pay.
Bigwig: "I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah."
Hazel: "Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.
Hazel: "Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.
Now, Rowsby Woof was the man's dog; and he was the most objectionable, malicious, disgusting brute that ever licked a man's hand. He
That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their way. They killed us to suit themselves.
We do not take moonlight for granted. It is like snow, or like dew on a July morning. It does not reveal but changes what it covers.
Plot as such is not a major ingredient in my novels ... it's often better to sail on the unconscious sea.
If a rabbit gave advice and the advice wasn't accepted, he immediately forgot it, and so did everyone else.
We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.
I certainly think that 10 to 20 years from now, clearly the majority of veterinarians will be women.