Zitate von Roald Dahl

„Beobachten Sie vor allem mit funkelnden Augen die ganze Welt um Sie herum, denn die größten Geheimnisse sind immer an den unwahrscheinlichsten Orten verborgen. Diejenigen, die nicht an Magie glauben, werden sie niemals finden.“

—  Roald Dahl

„KIRASUKU MALIBUKU WEEBEE WIZE UN YUBEE KUKU! ¡ALIPENDA KAKAMENDA PANTZ FORLDUN IFNO SUSPENDA! ¡FUNIKIKA KANDERIKA WEEBEE STRONGA YUBEE WEEKA! ¡POPOKOTA BORUMOKA VERI RISKI YU PROVOKA! ¡KATIKATI MOONS UN STARS FANFANISHA VENUS MARTE! El“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Charlie und der große gläserne Fahrstuhl

Charlie y el gran ascensor de cristal

„It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Matilda

Quelle: Matilda

„Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right.“

—  Roald Dahl, The BFG

Quelle: The BFG

„Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.“

—  Roald Dahl

„There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Matilda

Quelle: Matilda

„The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Matilda

Quelle: Matilda

„Here it is,' Nigel said.
Mrs D, Mrs I, Mrs FFI, Mrs C, Mrs U, Mrs LTY. That spells difficulty.'
How perfectly ridiculous!' snorted Miss Trunchbull. 'Why are all these women married?“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Matilda

Quelle: Matilda

„Grown-ups are quirky creatures, full of quirks and secrets.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Danny, the Champion of the World

Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)

„Two wrongs don't make a right.“

—  Roald Dahl, The BFG

Variante: Two rights don't equal a left.
Quelle: The BFG (1982)

„I am the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams!“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Variante: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Quelle: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

„We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Charlie und der große gläserne Fahrstuhl

Variante: We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.
Quelle: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

„Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it’s unbelievable.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch Matilda

Quelle: Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make sure everything you do is so completely crazy it's unbelievable...

„The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.“

—  Roald Dahl, The BFG

Quelle: The BFG

„Don't gobblefunk around with words.“

—  Roald Dahl, The BFG

Quelle: The BFG

„A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.“

—  Roald Dahl

"Goodbye school" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)

„I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be.“

—  Roald Dahl, buch My Uncle Oswald

Quelle: My Uncle Oswald (1979)

„I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.“

—  Roald Dahl

Quelle: Fantastic Mr. Fox

„Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!“

—  Roald Dahl