# Quote — Ian McDonald, River of Gods

> His theory of golf is, never play any sport that requires you to dress as your grandfather.

- Author: [Ian McDonald](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald.md)
- Book: [River of Gods](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/river-of-gods.md)
- Page: 249
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_McDonald#River_of_Gods_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/river-of-gods/his-theory-of-golf

## More from this book

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p. 458 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/river-of-gods/the-elephants-fight.md)

> "This is now a matter of national security, sir."
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> "This is Franz Kafka, is what it is."
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> Tom Hanks looks at chair-rocker, who writes the name down.
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> "He's a Czech writer," Thomas Lull says. "He's been dead a hundred years. I was attempting irony."
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> "Sir, please do not attempt irony. This is a most serious issue."

p. 444 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/river-of-gods/this-is-now.md)

> How proud he would have felt [...] to have seen those seeds germinate into a Muslim nation, a Land of the Pure. How it would have broken his heart to see that Land of the Pure become a medieval theocracy and then rip itself apart in tribal factionalism. The Word of God prophecies from the barrel of an AK47.

p. 411 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ian-mcdonald/river-of-gods/how-proud-he-would.md)