Fowl Quotes - Page 2

• Trocear aves para predecir el futuro es, si se hace honestamente y con la menor interpretación posible, una especie de azar. Pero las tripas de pollo son difíciles de leer e invitan a la fantasía o la corrupción.

  Ian Hacking

  Future, Cutting, Done

  The Emergence of Probability Am Absent Family of Ideas (p. 3)

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• I am monarch of all I survey,
  My right there is none to dispute,
  From the centre all round to the sea,
  I am lord of the fowl and the brute.

  William Cowper

  Sea, Royalty, Lord

  1782 Poems,'Verses Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk, During His Solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez'.

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• Artemis Fowl will never be secondary." "I thought you were Artemis Fowl the Second?" said Holly.

  Eoin Colfer

  Hollies, Said, Artemis

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• And one more thing. About my name — Artemis — you were right. In London, it is generally a female name, after the Greek goddess of archery. But every now and then a male comes along with such a talent for hunting that he earns the right to use the name. I am that male. Artemis the hunter. I hunted you.

  Eoin Colfer

  Hunting, Archery, Names

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• Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.

  Eoin Colfer

  Mean, Quiet, Shut Up

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• Escúchame, duende. Eres estúpido, aceptémoslo y sigamos adelante.

  Eoin Colfer

  Stupid, Moving, Accepting

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• I'm right there with you, darlin'. Unless you step on a landmine, in which case I'm way back in the Operations Room.

  Eoin Colfer

  Way, Rooms, Steps

  Eoin Colfer (2010). “Artemis Fowl”, p.174, Penguin UK

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• (to Foaly) Captain Short's life is in danger, so push the button before I climb that tower and push it with your face!

  Eoin Colfer

  Buttons, Towers, Captains

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.

  Eoin Colfer

  Hurt, Ambition, It Hurts

  Eoin Colfer (2001). “Artemis Fowl”

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• Orión se animó. "Tengo una idea". "¿Sí?", dijo Foaly, atreviéndose a esperar que quedara una chispa de Artemisa. "¿Por qué no buscamos algunas piedras mágicas que puedan conceder deseos? O, si eso no funciona, podrías buscar en mi cuerpo desnudo alguna misteriosa marca de nacimiento que signifique que en realidad soy el príncipe de algún lugar u otro".

  Eoin Colfer

  Mean, Ideas, Magic

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• Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest.

  George Eliot

  Silence, Speech, Nests

  'Felix Holt' (1866) ch. 15

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• Let the mouth also fast from disgraceful speeches and railings. For what does it profit if we abstain from fish and fowl and yet bite and devour our brothers and sisters? The evil speaker eats the flesh of his brother and bites the body of his neighbor.

  San Juan Crisóstomo

  Brother, Evil, Doe

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• No puede permitirse destinar más tropas", susurró Holly. La puerta es su prioridad, y necesita tener tantos Berserkers cubriéndole las espaldas como sea posible. Somos secundarios en este punto. Eso será su perdición", jadeó Artemis, que ya sufría bajo el peso del chaleco antibalas. Artemis Fowl nunca será secundaria". Creía que tú eras Artemis Fowl Segundo", dijo Holly.

  Eoin Colfer

  Priorities, Hollies, Suffering

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• Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

  Eoin Colfer

  Mean, Decision, Tough

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• So if you're not Artemis Fowl, then who are you?" The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. "My name is Orion. I am so pleased to meet you at last. I am, of course, your servant." Holly shook the proferred hand, thinking that manners were lovely, but she really needed someone cunning and ruthless right now, and this kid didn't appear to be very cunning.

  Eoin Colfer

  Kids, Thinking, Boys

  Eoin Colfer (2010). “Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex”, p.87, Penguin UK

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• She forces me to endure this ridiculous therapy, when the so-called counselors are little better than misguided do-gooders with degrees. -Artemis Fowl

  Eoin Colfer

  Degrees, Littles, Ridiculous

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• Tendremos antes el ave incubando el huevo que rompiéndolo.
  Abraham LincolnDiscurso en la Casa Blanca, 11 de abril de 1865.
  O armar el pecho obcecado
  Con obstinada paciencia como con triple acero.

  John Milton

  Patience, White, Eggs

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• A fifeteen-year old, of to save the world, with faries. - Angeline Fowl

  Eoin Colfer

  Years, World, Save The World

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• el oro es poder-artemis fowl me gusto la serie de artemis fowl porque trata de un niño genio

  Eoin Colfer

  Boys, Gold, Genius

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• Ah, Evelyn and Vivian, I love you both, I love you for your sad lives, the empty misery of your coming home at dawn. You too are alone, but you are not like Arturo Bandini, who is neither fish, fowl nor good red herring. So have your champagne, because I love you both, and you too, Vivian, even if your mouth looks like it had been dug out with raw fingernails and your old child's eyes swim in blood written like mad sonnets.

  John Fante

  Children, Love You, Home

  John Fante (2002). “Ask The Dust”, p.89, Canongate Books

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• A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.

  Eoin Colfer

  Weight, Metaphorical, Artemis

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• It is not always the most brilliant speculations nor the choice of the most exotic materials that is most profitable. I prefer Monsieur de Reaumur busy exterminating moths by means of an oily fleece; or increasing fowl production by making them hatch without the help of their mothers, than Monsieur Bemouilli absorbed in algebra, or Monsieur Leibniz calculating the various advantages and disadvantages of the possible worlds.

  Noel-Antoine Pluche

  Mother, Mean, Science

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• I said, "I'll take the T-bone steak." A soft voice mooed, "Oh wow." And I looked up and realized The waitress was a cow. I cried, "Mistake--forget the the steak. I'll take the chicken then." I heard a cluck--'twas just my luck The busboy was a hen. I said, "Okay no, fowl today. I'll have the seafood dish." Then I saw through the kitchen door The cook--he was a fish. I screamed, "Is there anyone workin' here Who's an onion or a beet? No? Your're sure? Okay then friends, A salad's what I'll eat." They looked at me. "Oh,no," they said, "The owner is a cabbage head.

  Shel Silverstein

  Mistake, Voice, Doors

  Shel Silverstein, “Strange Restaurant”

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• (about his terrible attempt at making a sandwich) It's more difficult than it looks. (Artemis Fowl)

  Eoin Colfer

  Looks, Sandwiches, Difficult

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• Artemis Fowl le devolvió la sonrisa y señaló con el dedo índice al cielo... de la punta de este dedo brotó una pequeña chispa azul que explotó como un diminuto fuego artificial. "Sé que la magia se puede robar", dijo Artemis. "Porque yo mismo robé un poco.

  Eoin Colfer

  Blue, Sky, Magic

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