# The Day of the Triffids

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Quotes: 6
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids

## Quotes

> 'You can't drive a flock of sheep to market in a dead straight line, but there are ways of getting 'em there.'

p. 179 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/you-cant-drive.md)

> When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

p. 7 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/when-a-day.md)

> She rummaged in a battered bag beside her, brought out a dirty spoon, and began to taste the beans as if they were one of the jams of paradise.

p. 155 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/she-rummaged-in-a-battered.md)

> 'There's a whole lot of people don't seem to understand that you have to talk to a man in his own language before he'll take you seriously.'

p. 162 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/theres-a-whole.md)

> 'We've got it all there in the books if we take the trouble to find out about it.'

p. 204 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/weve-got-it-all.md)

> 'You know perfectly well that women can and do - or rather did - handle the most complicated and delicate machines when they took the trouble to understand them. What generally happens is that they're too lazy to take the trouble unless they have to.'

p. 175 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/you-know-perfectly.md)