Gideon Defoe Quotes

• No escuches a la gente que te dice que madrugar es lo mejor. René Descartes es uno de los filósofos más importantes de la historia, pero rara vez salía de la cama antes del mediodía, y cuando empezó a madrugar por un nuevo trabajo como profesor particular, contrajo una neumonía y murió.

  Gideon Defoe

  Jobs, Pneumonia, Up Early

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• This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

  Gideon Defoe

  Thinking, Discovery, Sea

  Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued”, p.12, A&C Black

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• You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your tongue or waved heartily at a mermaid!

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  Running, Men, Air

  Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale is actually a mammal without any legs. Its pathetically ridiculous-I mean to say, just look at the thing, its a gigantic fish if I ever saw one-but mums the word! In my experience the public will believe just about anything, so long as you write it down on a little piece of card.

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  Believe, Mean, Writing

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• That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

  Gideon Defoe

  Giants, Littles, Compass

  Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.47, Vintage

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• Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.

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  Thinking, People, Pirate

  Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued”, p.96, A&C Black

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• Con un sonido parecido al de un bate golpeando una sandía, el puño del pirata conectó con la mandíbula del pirata y un diente de oro rebotó por la cubierta.

  Gideon Defoe

  Gold Teeth, Pirate, Sound

  Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.12, Vintage

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

  Gideon Defoe

  Chica, Libro, Escritura

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