Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

"If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander."
217 Quotes
"If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander."
Terry Pratchett The Color of Magic
"When in doubt, choose to live."
Terry Pratchett Thief of Time
"There was this about vampires : they could never look scruffy. Instead, they were... what was the word... deshabille. It meant untidy, but with bags and bags of style."
Terry Pratchett Monstrous Regiment
"“The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.”"
Terry Pratchett Small Gods
"In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of thecat, although in this case there were three determinate states the catcould be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious."
Terry Pratchett Lords and Ladies
"You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child!' shouted Crumley. IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself'THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON."
Terry Pratchett Hogfather
"The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door, the scream of fire engines, or the realization that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off. A dog's wet nose is not strictly speaking the worst of the bunch, but it has its own peculiar dreadfulness which connoisseurs of the ghastly and dog owners everywhere have come to know and dread. It's like having a small piece of defrosting liver pressed lovingly against you."
Terry Pratchett Moving Pictures
"...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done."
Terry Pratchett Equal Rites
"“The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”"
Terry Pratchett Wintersmith
"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, he said. Have you thought of going into teaching?"
Terry Pratchett Mort
"In my heart, I'm just a kid from the council houses. I can remember the old cottage and my dad coming round with the tin bath. I'm not a rich man."
Terry Pratchett
"Freedom without limits is just a word."
Terry Pratchett
"I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost."
Terry Pratchett
"It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone."
Terry Pratchett
"Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government."
Terry Pratchett
"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."
Terry Pratchett
"By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom."
Terry Pratchett
"Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom."
Terry Pratchett
"Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces."
Terry Pratchett
"If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother."
Terry Pratchett
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