--- title: "16 Courses Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "16 Courses quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Courses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/terry-pratchett-19_astonished_there-are-times-when-phrases-such-as-tot_73707.jpg" --- > [There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-are-times-when-phrases-such-as-totally-astonished-just-don-t-do/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/terry-pratchett-19_astonished_there-are-times-when-phrases-such-as-tot_73707.jpg) > [I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-can-t-be-talking-to-a-tree-if-i-was-talking-to-a-tree-i-d-be-mad/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/terry-pratchett-19_courses_i-can-t-be-talking-to-a-tree-if-i-was-ta_338026.jpg) > [Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/pets-are-always-a-great-help-in-times-of-stress-and-in-times-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/terry-pratchett-19_courses_pets-are-always-a-great-help-in-times-of_1453147.jpg) > [Ritual and ceremony in their due times kept the world under the sky and the stars in their courses. It was astonishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/ritual-and-ceremony-in-their-due-times-kept-the-world-under-the-sky/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/terry-pratchett-19_astonishing_ritual-and-ceremony-in-their-due-times-k_735413.jpg) > [A world like that, which exists only because the gods enjoy a joke, must be a place where magic can survive. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-world-like-that-which-exists-only-because-the-gods-enjoy-a-joke/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/terry-pratchett-19_courses_a-world-like-that-which-exists-only-beca_1623574.jpg) > [Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/fantasy-is-an-exercise-bicycle-for-the-mind-it-might-not-take-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/963/terry-pratchett-19_bicycle_fantasy-is-an-exercise-bicycle-for-the-m_2157994.jpg) > [But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-of-course-what-the-eagle-does-not-realize-is-that-it-is/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/terry-pratchett-19_courses_but-of-course-what-the-eagle-does-not-re_1365724.jpg) > [Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/have-a-bit-more-patience-with-newbies-of-course-some-of-them-act-dumb/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/terry-pratchett-19_bits_have-a-bit-more-patience-with-newbies-of_831784.jpg) > [It's an old magical principle - it's even filtered down into RPG systems - that magic, while taking a lot of effort,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-old-magical-principle-it-s-even-filtered-down-into-rpg/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/terry-pratchett-19_blind_it-s-an-old-magical-principle-it-s-even_3002184.jpg) > [The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-sign-which-says-do-not-under-any-circumstances-open-this-door-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/terry-pratchett-19_bits_the-sign-which-says-do-not-under-any-cir_1344997.jpg) > [Some of my best sources are ex-policemen, just to get a feeling of what it's like to be one. And it's quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/some-of-my-best-sources-are-ex-policemen-just-to-get-a-feeling-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/terry-pratchett-19_believe_some-of-my-best-sources-are-ex-policemen_19462.jpg) > [Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/of-course-just-because-we-ve-heard-a-spine-chilling-blood-curdling/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da4/terry-pratchett-19_blood_of-course-just-because-we-ve-heard-a-spi_505058.jpg) > [Putting up a statue to someone who tried to stop a war is not very, um, statuesque. Of course, if you had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/putting-up-a-statue-to-someone-who-tried-to-stop-a-war-is-not-very-um/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/terry-pratchett-19_arrogant_putting-up-a-statue-to-someone-who-tried_1274259.jpg) > [Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/of-course-ankh-morpork-s-citizens-had-always-claimed-that-the-river/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/terry-pratchett-19_ankh_of-course-ankh-morpork-s-citizens-had-al_2285644.jpg) > [Rincewind shivered. He was not, of course, an atheist; on the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists. On the few occasions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/rincewind-shivered-he-was-not-of-course-an-atheist-on-the-disc-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/terry-pratchett-19_atheist_rincewind-shivered-he-was-not-of-course_780134.jpg) > [You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-find-a-hermit-to-teach-you-herming-because-of-course-that/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/terry-pratchett-19_courses_you-can-t-find-a-hermit-to-teach-you-her_2033928.jpg) ## Other authors on Courses ## More by Terry Pratchett > [“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/this-one-s-mental-eccentric-what-s-the-difference-a-bag-of-cash/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-i-did-not-return-until-half-past-four-this-morning-and-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-contains-any-amount-of-horrible-ways-to-be-woken-up-such/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/someone-broke-from-the-scrum-and-punching-and-kicking-staggered/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than-17-of-real-cats-end-their/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-can-t-trust-folk-songs-they-always-sneak-up-on-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/either-dragons-should-exist-completely-or-fail-to-exist-at-all-he/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/magrat-wondered-what-it-was-like-spending-your-whole-life-doing/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/a-hardback-s-harder-at-christmas-time-because-that-s-a-good-hardback/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-were-more-old-people-the-world-was-full-of-them-said-the-wizard/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/hobson-was-big-and-heavyset-but-not-exactly-fat-he-was-probably-what/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-is-a-night-that-never-comes-to-an-end-the-clock-of-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly. 'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-d-like-freedom-truth-and-justice-wouldn-t-you-comrade-sergeant/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [“You are not apprehensive, are you? I can't detect no trace of fear none whatsoever Roomy cranium all possible videos of all possible outcomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/you-are-not-apprehensive-are-you-i-can-t-detect-no-trace-of-fear-none/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) > [Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/imagination-not-intelligence-made-us-human/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courses/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "16 Courses Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. 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