Fred Gipson Quotes

#1. When it came to gunfire Jumper didn't have any more sense than a red ant in a hot skillet.

Fred Gipson

#2. Now nothing was left hanging to the pole but the frazzled ends of the snapped blades.

Fred Gipson

#3. I remember like yesterday how he strayed in out of nowhere to our log cabin on Birdsong Creek. He made me so mad at first that I wanted to kill him. Then, later, when I had to kill him, it was like having to shoot some of my own folks.

Fred Gipson

#4. ... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids.

Fred Gipson

#5. What I mean is, things like that happen. They may seem might cruel and unfair, but that's how life is a part of the time. But that isn't the only way life is. A part of the time, it's mighty good. And a man can't afford to waste all the good part, worrying about the bad parts. That makes it all bad

Fred Gipson