Terry Pratchett quotes - page 16

Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do? (Terry Pratchett)
It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive. View quote
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The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. View quote
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The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god). View quote
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It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers. View quote
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Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men. View quote
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Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four. View quote
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She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it. View quote
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Hello, inner child, I'm the inner babysitter! View quote
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The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays. View quote
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I was merely endeavoring to indicate that if we do not grab events by the collar they will have us by the throat. -Lord Vetinari. (Terry Pratchett)
Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things. View quote
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It was amazing how many friends you could make by being bad at things, provided you were bad enough to be funny. View quote
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I'm not superstitious. I'm a witch. Witches aren't superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of. View quote
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William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions. View quote
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The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish. View quote
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The worst thing you can do is nothing. View quote
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Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture. View quote
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People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances. View quote
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They think written words are even more powerful,' whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers. View quote
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I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people. (Terry Pratchett)
Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is. View quote
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Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact. View quote
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The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word. View quote
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Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. View quote
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