456 Quotes by Ken Follett

He was like a man who has got used to drinking the finest wine, and now finds that everyday wine thats like vinegar.

Carlus hated furniture to be moved, for then he would stumble over it;

Proportion is the heart of beauty.

Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.

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.

you should first follow the plow if you want to dance the harvest jig.

... sentiments which Feliks had already come to recognise as being characteristic of The Times, which would have described the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as strong rulers who could do nothing but good for the stability of the international situation.

Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

I don't think it really matters whether parents are strict or lenient, as long as they're consistent. Kids can live with more or less any set of rules so long as they know what they are. It's arbitrary tyranny that gets them mixed up.