Authors:

Terry Pratchett Quotes - Page 43

All Quotes Accidents Adventure Age Arguing Art Atheism Atheist Authority Balance Beer Belief Blame Chaos Character Children Chocolate Choices Coffee Copper Country Crime Darkness Death Dementia Democracy Doubt Dying Effort End Of The World Evil Fate Feelings Fighting Finding Yourself Flying Food Football Fun Funeral Funny Genius Geography Giving Gold Goodbye Growing Up Hate Heart Heaven Hell History Home Horror House Humanity Hurt Husband Ignorance Imagination Inspiration Inspirational Jesus Journey Justice Killing Language Leaving Letting Go Life Life And Death Listening Literature Logic Losing Luck Lying Magic Mankind Manners Memories Military Moon Morning Motivational Mountain Observation Opportunity Pain Past Perspective Philosophy Police Pride Progress Purpose Quality Rain Reading Reality Religion Responsibility Romance Running Safety Sanity School Science Science Fiction Silence Sin Singing Sleep Smoking Son Soul Spring Students Stupidity Style Suffering Sunrise Travel Trust Truth Understanding Universe Violence Waiting Wall War Water Wife Winning Work Out Worry Writing
Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like eagles up here, he

Om rubed his head. This wasn't god-like thinking. It seemed simpler when you were up here. It was all a game. You forgot that it wasn't a game down there. People died. Bits got chopped off. We're like eagles up here, he thought. Sometimes we show tortoise how to fly. Then we let go.

Terry Pratchett
Letting Go, Thinking, Eagles

There will be justice," said Brutha. "If there is no justice, there is nothing.

Terry Pratchett
Justice, Said, Ifs

The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement." "Oh.

Terry Pratchett
Mean, Measurement, Eric
Terry Pratchett (2013). “The Illustrated Eric”, p.49, Hachette UK

We're on a mission from Glod.

Terry Pratchett
Missions
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)”, p.145, Random House

But you ain't part of it, are you?" said Granny conversationally. "You try, but you always find yourself watchin' yourself watchin' people, eh? Never quite believin' anything? Thinkin' the wrong thoughts?

Terry Pratchett
People, Finding Yourself, Trying

All the higher life forms scythed away, just like that. [ . . . ] Nothing but dust and fundamentalists.

Terry Pratchett
Dust, Form, Higher

Dedication: My thanks to the people who showed me that opera was stranger than I could imagine. I can best repay their kindness by not mentioning their names here.

Terry Pratchett
Kindness, Dedication, Names
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Maskerade: (Discworld Novel 18)”, p.7, Random House

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.

Terry Pratchett
Men, Reputation, Truthful

Death strode away, stopped, and came back. He pointed a skeletal finger at The Duck Man. WHY, he said, ARE YOU WALKING AROUND WITH THAT DUCK? "What duck?" AH. SORRY.

Terry Pratchett
Sorry, Men, Ducks
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)”, p.388, Random House

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

Terry Pratchett
Book, Literature, Theory
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)”, p.24, Random House

There was no himself in himself.

Terry Pratchett

Anyway, if you stop tellin' people it's all sorted out afer they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.

Terry Pratchett
People, Trying, Sorting Out

It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers

Terry Pratchett
Heaven, Devil, Tunes
"Good Omens". Book by Neil Gaiman, ‎Terry Pratchett, 1990.

And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it to cowering jelly by means of the usual glowing stare and deep-throated growl, which had always worked on the damned in the past. This time they had earned him a whack on the nose that had made his eyes water. Cats, Dog considered, were clearly a lot tougher than lost souls. He was looking forward to a further cat experiment, which he planned would consist of jumping around and yapping excitedly at it. It was a long shot, but it just might work.

Terry Pratchett
Dog, Mean, Cat
"Good Omens". Book by Neil Gaiman, ‎Terry Pratchett, 1990.

Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.

Terry Pratchett
Important, Might, Feels
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Nation”, p.261, Random House

And the new day was a great big fish.

Terry Pratchett
New Day, Big Fish, Bigs
"Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, Book 31)". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2003.

Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears and one of them razorblade saddles and purple paint and everything, and they gave me this light blue one. With a basket. A girl's bike.' 'Well. You're a girl,' said one of the others. 'That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl.

Terry Pratchett
Girl, Light, Blue

Well, yes, but it's not about the football." "You're saying that football is not about football?" "It's the sharing," she said. "It's being part of the crowd. It's chanting together. It's all of it. the whole thing.

Terry Pratchett
Football, Together, Crowds

I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour," said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. "Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans?

Terry Pratchett
Thinking, Behaviour, Orcs

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Terry Pratchett
Military, Long, Bonus
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.254, Random House

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.

Terry Pratchett
Country, Mean, Mind

There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page of History. It's sad, but that's all you can say about some people.

Terry Pratchett
Son, Men, Eight
"Sourcery (Discworld, Book 5)". Book by Terry Pratchett, May 26, 1988.

Susan says, don't get afraid, get angry.

Terry Pratchett
Angry
"Fictional character: Twyla". "Terry Pratchett's Hogfather", www.imdb.com. 2006.

You're not going to tell me they built fifty-foot-high killer golems, are you?" "Only a man would think of that. It's our job," said Moist. "If you don't think of fifty-foot-high killer golems first, someone else will.

Terry Pratchett
Jobs, Men, Thinking

I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so trees can't talk.

Terry Pratchett
Talking, Tree, Sane
"The Light Fantastic (Discworld, Book 2)". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1986.

You May Also Like: