Memorable Quotes and quotations from Terry PratchettTerry PratchettTerry Pratchett - Jingo - It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored. Terry Pratchett - Sourcery - "I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice." Terry Pratchett - Small Gods - He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at. Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters - The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo. Terry Pratchett - Pyramids - What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?" Terry Pratchett - "Small Gods" (1992) - Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. Terry Pratchett - Hogfather - An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on. Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms - Sham Harga had run a succesful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease and burnt crunchy bits. Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! - A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. Terry Pratchett - Monstrous Regiment - [The pamphlet] was very patriotic. That is, it talked about killing foreigners. Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic - Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot". Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! - A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay - Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate... Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant - A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. Terry Pratchett - Small Gods - When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror. Terry Pratchett - - The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant - A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores. Terry Pratchett - - Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove. Terry Pratchett - Hogfather - Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites - For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. Terry Pratchett - A Discworld Novel - The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head. Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures (regarding popcorn) - If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter. Terry Pratchett - Eric - The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking. Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures - Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact. Terry Pratchett - Jingo - One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites - For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. Terry Pratchett - Small Gods - No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for. |
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