Terry Pratchett

open mind

“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 (1948-2015)

cat frog cruel bastard style

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

cats ancient worship god

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

time drug kill

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

wisdom experience

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

beginning nothing exploded

“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

light travel fast darkness

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

human love rare death

“And what would humans be without love?"

RARE, said Death.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

book recycled words

“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

inside old person young wondering happen

“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

helpful item weigh manual

“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

universe divided mate eat run rock

“The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.”

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

conflich christian muslim east west stupid people

"The conflict is not between Christianity and Islam or between East and West - instead, it is between stupid people and other stupid people."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

criminal charge government average voter democracy

"What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

truth seeking found

"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

chaos ordr organized

"Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

evil treat people thing

"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

view point of no return

"You get a wonderful view from the point of no return."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

people run organizations level down get hings done

"The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done."

― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)