“ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. John Buchan
“ The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. John Buchan
“ It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side. John Buchan
“ When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty. John Buchan
“ There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. John Buchan
“ Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation. John Buchan
“ 'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence ' was the answer given without hesitation. John Buchan
“ The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. John Buchan
“ The eyes were of a color which he could never decide on, afterwards when he told the story he used to say they were the color of everything in Spring. John Buchan
“ I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place. John Buchan
“ This is all a tale of an older world and a forgotten countryside. At this moment of time change has come; a screaming line of steel runs through the heather of no-man’s-land, and the holiday-maker cla… John Buchan
“ If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing John Buchan
“ It is a melancholy fact which exponents of democracy must face that, while all men may be on a level in the eyes of the State, they will continue in fact to be preposterously unequal. John Buchan
“ I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away. John Buchan
