Fantastic Mr. Fox Quotes

“I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Badger: The cuss you are.
Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I therefore invite you all," Mr Fox went on, 'to stay here with me for ever.'
For ever!' they cried. 'My goodness! How marvellous!' And Rabbit said to Mrs Rabbit, 'My dear, just think! We're never going to be shot again in our lives!'
We will make,' said Mr Fox, 'a little underground village, with streets and houses on each side - seperate houses for Badgers and Moles and Rabbits and Weasels and Foxes. And every day I will go shopping for you all. And every day we will eat like kings.'
The cheering that followed this speech went on for many minutes.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“When you're writing a book with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people who are ordinary, because they are not going to interested your readers at all.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I'm the greatest.And if they aren't completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don't feel good about myself”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“finest and fattest ducks and geese, plucked and ready for roasting! And up above, dangling from the rafters, there must have been at least a hundred smoked hams and fifty sides of bacon!”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“MY DEAR FOXY!” cried Badger. “What in the world has happened to your tail?” “Don’t talk about it, please,” said Mr. Fox. “It’s a painful subject.” They were digging the new tunnel. They dug on in silence. Badger was a great digger and the tunnel went forward at a terrific pace now that he was lending a paw. Soon they were crouching underneath yet another wooden floor. Mr. Fox grinned slyly, showing sharp white teeth. “If I am not mistaken, my dear Badger,” he said, “we are now underneath the farm which belongs to that nasty little pot-bellied dwarf, Bunce. We are, in fact, directly underneath the most interesting part of that farm.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“THE SMALL FOX ran back along the tunnel as fast as he could, carrying the three plump hens. He was exploding with joy. “Just wait!” he kept thinking, “just wait till Mummy sees these!” He had a long way to run but he never stopped once on the way and he came bursting in upon Mrs. Fox. “Mummy!” he cried, out of breath. “Look, Mummy, look! Wake up and see what I’ve brought you!” Mrs. Fox, who was weaker than ever now from lack of food, opened one eye and looked at the hens. “I’m dreaming,” she murmured and closed the eye again.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Slowly, wearily, the foxes began to slope the tunnel up”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“«Mientras, seguían abriendo túnel, guiados por las zapas expertas de don Tejón. De repente, éste se detuvo y volviéndose hacia el zorro...
"Amigo zorro", le confesó, "estoy algo preocupado por lo que estamos haciendo".
"¿Y qué estamos haciendo, si puede saberse?", le preguntó don Zorro.
"Pues qué va a ser... ¡robar!", exclamó el tejón.
Don Zorro dejó de cavar y se volvió estupefacto hacia su amigo:
"Mi buen tejón...", comenzó el zorro. "¿Te das cuenta de lo que estás diciendo? Si tus hijos se están muriendo de hambre... ¿es que no piensas ayudarles?"
Don Tejón asintió cabizbajo. "A ti lo que te pasa", continuó el zorro, "es que eres demasiado bueno".
"¿Y qué hay de malo en eso?", le preguntó el tejón.
"¡Nada... sólo que nuestros enemigos son demasiado malos! ¿Te das cuenta de que Benito, Buñuelo y Bufón nos quieren matar?"
"Claro que me doy cuenta...", dijo el tejón con tristeza.
"Nosotros, en cambio, no queremos matarles a ellos...
"¡Dios nos libre!", exclamó el buen tejón.
"Sólo pretendemos", continuó el zorro, "distraerles un poco de comida para alimentarnos nosotros y nuestras familias... ¿Qué hay de malo en ello?"
"Supongo que nada", murmuró el tejón.
"¡Son ellos los que nos hacen la guerra", exclamó el zorro. "¡Nosotros somos animales pacíficos!"»”
― Roald Dahl, El Superzorro

“11”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“18 Still Waiting”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“any moment. Keep your guns handy.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“The Shooting”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Pelican.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“sudden”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“plumpest”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Pelly”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“dinner – the Badgers, the Moles, the Rabbits and the Weasels. Tell her it will be a truly great feast. And tell her the”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“we have an entirely new set-up. We have a safe tunnel leading to three of the finest stores in the world!” “We do indeed!” said Badger. “I’ve seen ’em!” “And you know what this means?” said Mr. Fox. “It means that none of us need ever go out into the open again!” There was a buzz of excitement around the table. “I therefore invite you all,” Mr. Fox went on, “to stay here with me for ever.” “For ever!” they cried. “My goodness! How marvellous!” And Rabbit said to Mrs. Rabbit, “My dear, just think! We’re never going to be shot at again in our lives!” “We will make,” said Mr. Fox, “a little underground village, with streets and houses on each side—separate houses for Badgers and Moles and Rabbits and Weasels and Foxes. And every day I will go shopping for you all. And every day we will eat like kings.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Mrs. Badger, he cried, So hungry she very near died. But she’ll not feel so hollow If only she’ll swallow Some cider inside her inside.” They were still singing as they rounded the final corner and burst in upon the most wonderful and amazing sight any of them had ever seen. The feast was just beginning. A large dining-room had been hollowed out of the earth, and in the middle of it, seated around a huge table, were no less than twenty-nine animals. They were:”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“COME”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“CHAPTER ONE”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“clogged with all kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing gum and dead flies and stuff like that. This made him deaf. ‘SPEAK LOUDER,’ he said to Bunce,”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“rose”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr Fox

“loved her more than ever when she said things like that.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“Whereupon the three men all shook hands with one another and swore a solemn oath that they would not go back to their farms until the fox was caught.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

“chops.”
― Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox