Mean Quotes by Terry Pratchett

Privilege (to the privileged) means having private laws.

— Terry Pratchett

Progress just means bad things happen faster.

— Terry Pratchett

Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

— Terry Pratchett

Just because things are obvious doesn't mean they're true.

— Terry Pratchett

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real.

— Terry Pratchett

Fate can be one mean god at times.

— Terry Pratchett

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.

— Terry Pratchett

I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

— Terry Pratchett

Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat

— Terry Pratchett

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.

— Terry Pratchett

Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.

— Terry Pratchett

Just because you've got a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you have to treat everyone else like a nail

— Terry Pratchett

YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard…

— Terry Pratchett

Theres no stink more sorrorful than the stink of wet, burnt paper. It means: the end.

— Terry Pratchett

There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out…

— Terry Pratchett

Whatever you choose, your choice will mean there are two new worlds. And perhaps sometimes, on the edge of sleep, we will…

— Terry Pratchett

In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil…

— Terry Pratchett

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…

— Terry Pratchett

You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer,…

— Terry Pratchett

I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf and I'm mean and turf, And me an'…

— Terry Pratchett

He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that…

— Terry Pratchett

Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the…

— Terry Pratchett

Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape…

— Terry Pratchett

Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative…

— Terry Pratchett

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour…

— Terry Pratchett

I mean, you're right about the fire and war, all that. But that Rapture stuff--well, if you could see them all in…

— Terry Pratchett

Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical…

— Terry Pratchett

But is all this true?" said Brutha. Didactylos shrugged. "Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way…

— Terry Pratchett

There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I…

— Terry Pratchett

Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums…

— Terry Pratchett

In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,…

— Terry Pratchett

And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it…

— Terry Pratchett

When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.

— Terry Pratchett

Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it?

— Terry Pratchett

I would not like it thought that I do not buy my own paperclips, sir. I enjoy owning my own paperclips. It…

— Terry Pratchett

“Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk.”

— Terry Pratchett

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

— Terry Pratchett

When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth.

— Terry Pratchett

If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation…

— Terry Pratchett

The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can…

— Terry Pratchett