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title: "4 Beans Quotes By Roald Dahl"
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> [The matter with human beans," the BFG went on, "is that they is absolutely refusing to believe in anything unless they is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/the-matter-with-human-beans-the-bfg-went-on-is-that-they-is/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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> [Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. "You is trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/do-you-like-vegetables-sophie-asked-hoping-to-steer-the-conversation/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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> [Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/well-first-of-all-said-the-bfg-human-beans-is-not-really-believing-in/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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> [A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/a-whizzpopper-cried-the-bfg-beaming-at-her-us-giants-is-making/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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## Other authors on Beans

## More by Roald Dahl

> [Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/nowadays-you-can-go-anywhere-in-the-world-in-a-few-hours-and-nothing/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/when-i-walked-to-school-in-the-mornings-i-would-start-out-alone-but/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [“There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/there-s-no-earthly-way-of-knowing-which-direction-we-are-going-there/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/one-of-the-vital-things-for-a-writer-who-s-writing-a-book-which-is-a/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [“When Bruce Bogtrotter had eaten his way through half of the entire enormous cake, he paused for just a couple of seconds and took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/when-bruce-bogtrotter-had-eaten-his-way-through-half-of-the-entire/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [Eschew all those beastly adjectives...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/eschew-all-those-beastly-adjectives/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/bunkum-and-tummyrot-you-ll-never-get-anywhere-if-you-go-about-what/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/if-the-good-lord-intended-for-us-to-walk-he-wouldn-t-have-invented/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/the-witching-hour-somebody-had-once-whispered-to-her-was-a-special/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/those-who-don-t-believe-in-magic-will-never-find-it/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/but-there-was-one-other-thing-that-the-grown-ups-also-knew-and-it-was/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/when-writing-about-oneself-one-must-strive-to-be-truthful-truth-is/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [“the world is a scary place for such a small child”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/the-world-is-a-scary-place-for-such-a-small-child/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [And above all, watch with glittering eyes the world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/and-above-all-watch-with-glittering-eyes-the-world-around-you-because/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

> [“We must hurry!’ said Mr. Wonka. ‘We have so much time and so little to do! No! Wait! Strike that! Reverse it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/we-must-hurry-said-mr-wonka-we-have-so-much-time-and-so-little-to-do/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

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