43 Quotations by Terry Pratchett
- 1. "I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
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- 2. [The pamphlet was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners.
- 3. A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
- 4. A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
- 5. Always be aware of any helpful item that weighs less than it's operating manual.
- 6. An ancient proverb summed it up: when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, i ...
- 7. An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs ...
- 8. Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.
- 9. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest o ...
- 10. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) ...
- 11. Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his l ...
- 12. Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think ...
- 13. Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.
- 14. He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.
- 15. I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any th ...
- 16. If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter.
- 17. It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence coul ...
- 18. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Li ...
- 19. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If ...
- 20. No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.
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