I might not be a good socialist, any more than I'm a good Christian, but I am one. Ken Follett More Quotes by Ken Follett More Quotes From Ken Follett Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid. Ken Follett stupid She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly. Ken Follett cocoonsbutterflylove Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically. Ken Follett sittingmeanbelieve The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you. Ken Follett sooner-or-laterdegradationsubjects Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back. Ken Follett littleswaterhands The most expensive part of building is the mistakes. Ken Follett buildingexpensivemistake In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation. Ken Follett strong-womenherobook The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men. Ken Follett devilducksmen you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig. Ken Follett harvestwantfirsts Hard work should be rewarded by good food. Ken Follett good-foodhard-workshould Proportion is the heart of beauty. Ken Follett proportionheart She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'. Ken Follett lionsragelove-you President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it. Ken Follett one-directionblowwind When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose. Ken Follett lost-everythingnothing-to-loselost I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back. Ken Follett new-yorkwaitingpeople But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us. Ken Follett demandlessonsstories Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice. Ken Follett betraybetrayedmen The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century. Ken Follett thrillersliterary-genrecentury Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended. Ken Follett feelingsbookpast There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you. Ken Follett askingmenlying
