Terry Pratchett quotes - page 6

It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever,' he said. 'Have you thought of going into teaching. (Terry Pratchett)
The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness. View quote
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You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say. View quote
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What your soldier wants -- really, really wants -- is no-one shooting back at him. View quote
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There's a door.Where does it goIt stays where it is, I think. View quote
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One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we'd had a good breakfast. And you don't get mugged, either. View quote
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Up until now I'd always thought RSI meant 'I hate my damn job. View quote
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On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed. View quote
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You know how to pray, don't you? Just put your hands together and hope. View quote
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An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any disguise, then what could anyone do but spend all day in a small room with a loaded crossbow pointed at the door? View quote
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In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart... well, certainly hanky, and possibly panky when we get to know one another better. (Terry Pratchett)
He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe- which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one. View quote
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People couldn't become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitely wicked. View quote
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The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are 1) Silence 2) Books must be returned no later than the date last shown and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality. View quote
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Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bull, was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it. View quote
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It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing. View quote
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He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk. View quote
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I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that. View quote
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And that's when I first learned about evil. It is built in to the very nature of the universe. Every world spins in pain. If there is any kind of supreme being, I told myself, it is up to all of us to become his moral superior. View quote
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... Granny Weatherwax, who had walked nightly without fear in the bandit-haunted forests of the mountains all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness held nothing more terrible than she was... View quote
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She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?' 'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for. (Terry Pratchett)
On the fifth day the Governor of the town called all the tribal chieftains to an audience in the market square, to hear their grievances. He didn't always do anything about them, but at least they got heard, and he nodded a lot, and everyone felt better about it at least until they got home. This is politics. View quote
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Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken. View quote
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I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved. View quote
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What're quantum mechanics?" "I don't know. People who repair quantums, I suppose. View quote
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