--- title: "7 Glasses Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "7 Glasses quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Glasses sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/terry-pratchett-19_ears_it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear_504723.jpg" --- > [It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear-people-talking-downstairs-if/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/terry-pratchett-19_ears_it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear_504723.jpg) > [An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-wizard-is-tired-of-looking-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/terry-pratchett-19_ancient_an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-w_799724.jpg) > [There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-are-it-has-been-said-two-types-of-people-in-the-world-there-are/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/terry-pratchett-19_beer_there-are-it-has-been-said-two-types-of_1689684.jpg) > [Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/truly-he-thought-the-way-of-enlightenment-is-like-unto-half-a-mile-of/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/terry-pratchett-19_broken_truly-he-thought-the-way-of-enlightenmen_2397269.jpg) > [And at the other end of the bar the world is full of the other type of person, who has a broken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-at-the-other-end-of-the-bar-the-world-is-full-of-the-other-type/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76d/terry-pratchett-19_barmen_and-at-the-other-end-of-the-bar-the-worl_2487682.jpg) > [Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sometimes-glass-glitters-more-than-diamonds-because-it-has-more-to/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/terry-pratchett-19_diamond_sometimes-glass-glitters-more-than-diamo_2622556.jpg) > [I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-intend-before-the-endgame-looms-to-die-sitting-in-a-chair-in-my-own/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/terry-pratchett-19_add_i-intend-before-the-endgame-looms-to-die_2777691.jpg) ## Other authors on Glasses ## 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/glasses/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "7 Glasses Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear-people-talking-downstairs-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/terry-pratchett-19_ears_it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear_504723.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/terry-pratchett-19_ears_it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear_504723.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/terry-pratchett-19_ears_it-s-quite-easy-to-accidentally-overhear_504723.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he is tired of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-wizard-is-tired-of-looking-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/terry-pratchett-19_ancient_an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-w_799724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/terry-pratchett-19_ancient_an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-w_799724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/terry-pratchett-19_ancient_an-ancient-proverb-summed-it-up-when-a-w_799724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An ancient proverb summed it up when a wizard is tired of looking for broken glass in his dinner, it ran, he…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. 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