Food Quotes by Roald Dahl

Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Roald Dahl

Eschew all those beastly adjectives...

— 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…

— Roald Dahl

If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.

— 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…

— Roald Dahl

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

— 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…

— Roald Dahl

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

— Roald Dahl

“the world is a scary place for such a small child”

— 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…

— Roald Dahl

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

— Roald Dahl