--- title: "8 Intelligent Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "8 Intelligent quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Intelligent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/terry-pratchett-19_credulous_credulous-having-views-about-the-world-t_200126.jpg" --- > [Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/credulous-having-views-about-the-world-the-universe-and-humanity-s/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/terry-pratchett-19_credulous_credulous-having-views-about-the-world-t_200126.jpg) > [Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/sheep-are-stupid-and-have-to-be-driven-but-goats-are-intelligent-and/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/terry-pratchett-19_animal_sheep-are-stupid-and-have-to-be-driven-b_549505.jpg) > [Most people who have found that they are more intelligent than most around them, have yet to learn that one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/most-people-who-have-found-that-they-are-more-intelligent-than-most/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/terry-pratchett-19_can-do_most-people-who-have-found-that-they-are_1533655.jpg) > [The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-merest-accident-of-microgeography-had-meant-that-the-first-man-to/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/terry-pratchett-19_accidents_the-merest-accident-of-microgeography-ha_1741523.jpg) > [Every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/every-intelligent-being-whether-it-breathes-or-not-coughs-nervously/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/terry-pratchett-19_breathe_every-intelligent-being-whether-it-breat_1851632.jpg) > [The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-most-prudent-thing-any-intelligent-animal-can-do-if-it-would/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/terry-pratchett-19_animal_the-most-prudent-thing-any-intelligent-a_2086689.jpg) > [They were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/they-were-also-slightly-less-intelligent-than-he-was-this-is-a/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/terry-pratchett-19_intelligent_they-were-also-slightly-less-intelligent_2107136.jpg) > [Granny Weatherwas was not a jouster in the lists of love, but, as an intelligent onlooker, she knew how the game was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/granny-weatherwas-was-not-a-jouster-in-the-lists-of-love-but-as-an/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/terry-pratchett-19_games_granny-weatherwas-was-not-a-jouster-in-t_2609397.jpg) ## Other authors on Intelligent ## 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/intelligent/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "8 Intelligent Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by very unsophisticated people and the most intelligent and advanced mathematicians and physicists.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/credulous-having-views-about-the-world-the-universe-and-humanity-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/terry-pratchett-19_credulous_credulous-having-views-about-the-world-t_200126.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/terry-pratchett-19_credulous_credulous-having-views-about-the-world-t_200126.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/terry-pratchett-19_credulous_credulous-having-views-about-the-world-t_200126.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Credulous: having views about the world, the universe and humanity's place in it that are shared only by…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. 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