Terry Pratchett Quotes

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Terry Pratchett

Life, Fire, Rest

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

Waiting, Light, Wrong

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
Terry Pratchett

Times, Cats, Forgotten

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.
Terry Pratchett

Alone, Brave, Old

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

Mind, Trying, Put

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
Terry Pratchett

Life, True, Die

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.
Terry Pratchett

Dreams, Time, Free

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.'
Terry Pratchett

Person, Gods, Bastards

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
Terry Pratchett

Mind, Sure, Insane

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.
Terry Pratchett

Someone, Rather, Worth

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
Terry Pratchett

Knowledge, Ignorance, Bad

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?
Terry Pratchett

Family, Society, Care

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.
Terry Pratchett

Two, Find, Playing

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it.
Terry Pratchett

Known, Number, Crowd

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
Terry Pratchett

Short, Sword, Pen

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.
Terry Pratchett

Money, Demanding, Taxation

I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's.
Terry Pratchett

Brain, After, Anyone

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Terry Pratchett

Nothing, Beginning, Exploded

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.
Terry Pratchett

Mind, Wrong, Might

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.
Terry Pratchett

Light, Sometimes, Darkness

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.
Terry Pratchett

Truth, May, Lies

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.
Terry Pratchett

Life, Society, Philosophy

You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.
Terry Pratchett

Hurt, Stupid, Betrayal

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.
Terry Pratchett

Everything, Somewhere, Disagree

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.
Terry Pratchett

Fun, Yourself, Writing

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Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: April 28, 1948

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