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His Quotes by Roald Dahl
- The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it.
- Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English.
- A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
- My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when he was 14, and…
- The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all…
- An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details.
- The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very fine line. You see a chap slip on…
More His Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold