Gideon Defoe

“You can't reduce passion and flair and eating ham to numbers, sir!”

— Gideon Defoe

“Babbage's Three Laws of Difference Engines First Law: A difference engine must have at least six cogs. Second Law: A difference engine…

— Gideon Defoe

Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about…

— Gideon Defoe

“There was soot and orphans everywhere, and gaslit cobbled streets full of fog and sinister gentlemen out for a night of illicit…

— Gideon Defoe

“The Captain’s boat inspections were always pretty slapdash, because they mainly just involved him looking at the ropes and planks and barnacles…

— Gideon Defoe

You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air…

— Gideon Defoe

This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of…

— Gideon Defoe

“I should say we’d reach England by Tuesday or thereabouts, with a decent wind behind us. It would be a lot quicker…

— Gideon Defoe

“Just then there came the wheezy sound of an accordion. It was an odd little tune that, had he been alive exactly…

— Gideon Defoe

That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the…

— Gideon Defoe

“In his time the Pirate Captain had made a number of dramatic entrances of his own – not always intentional it had…

— Gideon Defoe

“It was about as close as you could get to the platonic ideal of a ham, if Plato had spent more time…

— Gideon Defoe

With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the…

— Gideon Defoe

I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it…

— Gideon Defoe

“It’s not really my fault. The problem is that my mouth just comes out with these things. And you can’t blame me…

— Gideon Defoe

“They both fell silent. For a while the only sound they could hear was the noise of books resting on shelves, which…

— Gideon Defoe

Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. René Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but…

— Gideon Defoe

“Don’t look so worried. I’ve sailed the seven seas, and I’ve never had an unsuccessful adventure yet!” “Really? You’ve sailed all seven…

— Gideon Defoe

“The Captain was wearing his best blousey shirt, his beard was gleaming in the early morning light and he’d polished all his…

— Gideon Defoe

Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale…

— Gideon Defoe

“Everybody clapped enthusiastically and Dr. Marx popped up from behind the podium, where he had been hiding all along. He was the…

— Gideon Defoe

“I really didn't write it with any intention of being published. If I'd known that was going to happen, I would have…

— Gideon Defoe

“Anyhow,' one of the scientists was saying to another, 'there simply isn't room in the museum's Fishes Hall , so we've decided…

— Gideon Defoe

“If the pirate with a scarf had been more poetically minded he’d have thought that her eyes were like a thousand emeralds,…

— Gideon Defoe

“I fear it is the end for us,’ wailed Marx as the bears inched closer. ‘Is this the way you saw yourself…

— Gideon Defoe