Thinking Quotes by Terry Pratchett

I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that.

— Terry Pratchett

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

— Terry Pratchett

I used to think that I was stupid, and then I met philosophers.

— Terry Pratchett

We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.

— Terry Pratchett

Most gods find it hard to walk and think at the same time.

— Terry Pratchett

We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.

— Terry Pratchett

Humans can think inhuman thoughts.

— Terry Pratchett

I don't think a baker reads an awful lot about bread.

— Terry Pratchett

Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too.

— Terry Pratchett

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up…

— Terry Pratchett

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

— Terry Pratchett

Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.

— Terry Pratchett

Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards.

— Terry Pratchett

I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky.

— Terry Pratchett

“Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you.”

— Terry Pratchett

… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.

— Terry Pratchett

It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's…

— Terry Pratchett

And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairy tale.' Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?' Yeah, but in fairy tales,…

— Terry Pratchett

I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up…

— Terry Pratchett

Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And…

— Terry Pratchett

The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can…

— Terry Pratchett

I see evil when I look in my shaving mirror. It is, philosophically, present everywhere in the universe in order, apparently, to…

— Terry Pratchett

They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their…

— Terry Pratchett

The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive…

— Terry Pratchett

Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water…

— Terry Pratchett

We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because…

— Terry Pratchett

There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the…

— Terry Pratchett

Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.…

— Terry Pratchett

There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass…

— Terry Pratchett

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has…

— Terry Pratchett

Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the…

— Terry Pratchett

Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go…

— Terry Pratchett

“This was not the time to say “I don’t know.” The brothers had begging, hungry looks, like dogs waiting to be fed.…

— Terry Pratchett

The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough…

— Terry Pratchett

Writing, for me, is a little like wood carving. You find the lump of tree (the big central theme that gets you…

— Terry Pratchett

Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?

— Terry Pratchett

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

— Terry Pratchett

History tends to change people who think they're changing it.

— Terry Pratchett

“Positive thinking,' he would say, 'is also very important.”

— Terry Pratchett

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