Dick King-Smith > Quotes

“Patience is a virtue,
Virtue is a grace.
Grace is a little girl
Who would not wash her face.”
― Dick King-Smith, Lady Daisy

“That'll do, Pig. That'll do. -Farmer Hogget”
― Dick King-Smith, Babe: The Gallant Pig

“I do not blench at nature red in tooth and claw... And much as I love The Wind in the Willows and the works of Beatrix Potter, I never dress my animals in clothes... They behave as animals should behave, with the exception that they open their mouths and speak the Queen's English.”
― Dick King-Smith

“A little of what you like does you good. But you can have too much of a good thing.”
― Dick King-Smith, Ace: The Very Important Pig

“And how will you afford to buy them in the first place?"

"I shall save up."

"But that will take you years and years and years," said the twins.

"I've got years and years and years," said Sophie.”
― Dick King-Smith

“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy and wise if it don't make him wealthy.”
― Dick King-Smith, Ace: The Very Important Pig

“That'll do, Pig. That'll do.”
― Dick King-Smith

“When humans say that someone "is full of grit", they mean full of courage. Before long the sisters were to prove that they were filled with grit in both senses of the word.”
― Dick King-Smith, The Fox Busters

“He felt shocked. But he also felt in some way relieved, for it is better to admit some facts, even hard, bitter facts, than to go on pretending that they don't exist.”
― Dick King-Smith, Pigs Might Fly

“There’s no point in crying over spilt milk!’ CHAPTER SEVEN”
― Dick King-Smith, The Hodgeheg

“Drusilla”
― Dick King-Smith, Martin's Mice

“That'll do, pig, that'll do.”
― Dick King-Smith

“He shook his head in disbelief that such a thing could have happened. "Shall we ever know the inside story?" he said.
"Uncle Eric's inside the sea-monkeys," said Bertie. "That's the story.”
― Dick King-Smith, Dodos Are Forever