--- title: "4 Gravity Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "4 Gravity quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Gravity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/terry-pratchett-19_dignity_gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake_92334.jpg" --- > [Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake-off/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/terry-pratchett-19_dignity_gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake_92334.jpg) > [The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-danced-towards-life-life-was-a-remarkably-common/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/terry-pratchett-19_awareness_the-universe-danced-towards-life-life-wa_771642.jpg) > [Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/cats-gravitate-to-kitchens-like-rocks-gravitate-to-gravity/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/terry-pratchett-19_cat_cats-gravitate-to-kitchens-like-rocks-gr_1105259.jpg) > [“Of course, many people in the universe have also had the misplaced belief that they can safely ignore gravity, mostly after taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/of-course-many-people-in-the-universe-have-also-had-the-misplaced/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/terry-pratchett-19_extra-work_of-course-many-people-in-the-universe-ha_2946137.jpg) ## Other authors on Gravity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-isaac-newton-44709.jpg) Isaac Newton 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/isaac-newton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-alex-hirsch-3407.jpg) Alex Hirsch 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/alex-hirsch/) - [Paul Laffoley 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/paul-laffoley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-hawking-87021.jpg) Stephen Hawking 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/stephen-hawking/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lee-smolin-59361.jpg) Lee Smolin 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/lee-smolin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/albert-einstein/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephenie-meyer-87156.jpg) Stephenie Meyer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/stephenie-meyer/) - [Peggy Whitson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/peggy-whitson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michio-kaku-67732.jpg) Michio Kaku 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/michio-kaku/) ## 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/gravity/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gravity Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake-off/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/terry-pratchett-19_dignity_gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake_92334.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/terry-pratchett-19_dignity_gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake_92334.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/terry-pratchett-19_dignity_gravity-is-a-habit-that-is-hard-to-shake_92334.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The universe danced towards life. 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