# Quote — John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids

> '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.'

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Book: [The Day of the Triffids](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids.md)
- Page: 162
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wyndham#The_Day_of_the_Triffids_(1951)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids/theres-a-whole

## More from this book

> '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)