--- title: "10 Impossible Quotes By Roald Dahl" description: "10 Impossible quotes by Roald Dahl. Plus more from Roald Dahl and more Impossible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/roald-dahl-899_bigs_it-is-most-unlikely-but-here-comes-the-b_797282.jpg" --- > [It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/it-is-most-unlikely-but-here-comes-the-big-but-not-impossible/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/roald-dahl-899_bigs_it-is-most-unlikely-but-here-comes-the-b_797282.jpg) > [But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved to distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/but-it-is-impossible-to-replace-a-person-one-has-loved-to-distraction/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/roald-dahl-899_distraction_but-it-is-impossible-to-replace-a-person_980085.jpg) > [But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/but-it-is-impossible-to-replace-a-person-one-has-loved-with/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb8/roald-dahl-899_distraction_but-it-is-impossible-to-replace-a-person_2529546.jpg) > [It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/it-s-impossible-to-make-your-eyes-twinkle-if-you-aren-t-feeling/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/roald-dahl-899_eye_it-s-impossible-to-make-your-eyes-twinkl_2308667.jpg) > [In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/in-any-event-parents-never-underestimated-the-abilities-of-their-own/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/roald-dahl-899_ability_in-any-event-parents-never-underestimate_1663094.jpg) > [Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/unless-you-have-been-to-boarding-school-when-you-are-very-young-it-is/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/roald-dahl-899_appreciate_unless-you-have-been-to-boarding-school_427639.jpg) > [I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/i-have-found-it-impossible-to-talk-to-anyone-about-my-problems-i/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/roald-dahl-899_courage_i-have-found-it-impossible-to-talk-to-an_199387.jpg) > [I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile, because it's impossible to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/i-was-glad-my-father-was-an-eye-smiler-it-meant-he-never-gave-me-a/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/roald-dahl-899_always-smile_i-was-glad-my-father-was-an-eye-smiler-i_2337788.jpg) > [She might even be your lovely school-teacher who is reading these words to you at this very moment. Look carefully at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/she-might-even-be-your-lovely-school-teacher-who-is-reading-these/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/roald-dahl-899_absurdity_she-might-even-be-your-lovely-school-tea_1332536.jpg) > [I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/i-was-glad-my-father-was-an-eye-smiler-it-meant-he-never-gave-me-a-2/) [Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dce/roald-dahl-899_always-smile_i-was-glad-my-father-was-an-eye-smiler-i_2983778.jpg) ## Other authors on Impossible ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impossible/roald-dahl/#itemlist", "name": "10 Impossible Quotes By Roald Dahl", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is most unlikely. 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