“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)
“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)
“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“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)
“And what would humans be without love?"
RARE, said Death.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“...inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
“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)
"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)
"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)
"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 is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized."
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things."
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
"You get a wonderful view from the point of no return."
― Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
"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)