--- title: "15 Given Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "15 Given quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/terry-pratchett-19_caffeine_given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-wor_3085004.jpg" --- > [Given enough coffee I could rule the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-world/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/terry-pratchett-19_caffeine_given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-wor_3085004.jpg) > [“I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-and-the-price-of-it-is-that-i/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-an_2131818.jpg) > [Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. I don't care. I have been given an award for being taken not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/oh-dear-me-the-booker-people-don-t-like-me-i-don-t-care-i-have-been/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/terry-pratchett-19_award_oh-dear-me-the-booker-people-don-t-like_3087786.jpg) > [Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/go-anywhere-you-wish-talk-to-everyone-ask-any-questions-you-will-be/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/terry-pratchett-19_answers_go-anywhere-you-wish-talk-to-everyone-as_2481294.jpg) > [I'm not the world's greatest expert, but I would have thought that the wizards, witches, trolls, unicorns, ... broomsticks and spells would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-m-not-the-world-s-greatest-expert-but-i-would-have-thought-that-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/terry-pratchett-19_broomsticks_i-m-not-the-world-s-greatest-expert-but_103554.jpg) > [Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/watching-a-dog-try-to-chew-a-large-piece-of-toffee-is-a-pastime-fit/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/terry-pratchett-19_ancestry_watching-a-dog-try-to-chew-a-large-piece_541091.jpg) > [The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-librarian-was-not-familiar-with-love-which-had-always-struck-him/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/terry-pratchett-19_ethereal_the-librarian-was-not-familiar-with-love_214981.jpg) > [They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/they-were-small-brightly-coloured-happy-little-creatures-who-secreted/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/terry-pratchett-19_animals_they-were-small-brightly-coloured-happy_3236139.jpg) > [These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/these-weren-t-cheap-modern-books-these-were-books-bound-in-leather/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/terry-pratchett-19_book_these-weren-t-cheap-modern-books-these-w_2148411.jpg) > [Reality is not digital, an on-off state, but analog. Something gradual. In other words, reality is a quality that things possess in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/reality-is-not-digital-an-on-off-state-but-analog-something-gradual/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/terry-pratchett-19_analog_reality-is-not-digital-an-on-off-state-b_1448979.jpg) > [Sybil's female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sybil-s-female-forebears-had-valiantly-backed-up-their-husbands-as/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/487/terry-pratchett-19_birth_sybil-s-female-forebears-had-valiantly-b_149129.jpg) > [It was Carrot who'd suggested to the Patrician that hardened criminals should be given the chance to 'serve the community' by redecorating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-was-carrot-who-d-suggested-to-the-patrician-that-hardened/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/terry-pratchett-19_age_it-was-carrot-who-d-suggested-to-the-pat_1169327.jpg) > [The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-storm-was-really-giving-it-everything-it-had-this-was-its-big/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d58/terry-pratchett-19_bigs_the-storm-was-really-giving-it-everythin_1649823.jpg) > [ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/all-things-that-are-are-ours-but-we-must-care-for-if-we-do-not-care/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/terry-pratchett-19_azrael_all-things-that-are-are-ours-but-we-must_1714354.jpg) > [“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-was-not-herself-hugely-in-favor-of-motherhood-in-general/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/terry-pratchett-19_boss_she-was-not-herself-hugely-in-favor-of-m_1065187.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## 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/given/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "15 Given Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Given enough coffee I could rule the world", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/terry-pratchett-19_caffeine_given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-wor_3085004.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/terry-pratchett-19_caffeine_given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-wor_3085004.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/terry-pratchett-19_caffeine_given-enough-coffee-i-could-rule-the-wor_3085004.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Given enough coffee I could rule the world” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-and-the-price-of-it-is-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-an_2131818.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-an_2131818.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/terry-pratchett-19_quote_i-ve-been-given-something-for-a-while-an_2131818.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. 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