--- title: "16 Names Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "16 Names quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Names sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/terry-pratchett-19_dead_do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-w_2464736.jpg" --- > [Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-while-his-name-is-still-spoken/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/terry-pratchett-19_dead_do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-w_2464736.jpg) > [Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/letitia-what-a-name-halfway-between-a-salad-and-a-sneeze/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/terry-pratchett-19_food_letitia-what-a-name-halfway-between-a-sa_2740703.jpg) > [My name is immaterial,' she said. That's a pretty name,' said Rincewind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/my-name-is-immaterial-she-said-that-s-a-pretty-name-said-rincewind/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/terry-pratchett-19_names_my-name-is-immaterial-she-said-that-s-a_2153706.jpg) > [“Once you gave a thing a name you gave it a life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/once-you-gave-a-thing-a-name-you-gave-it-a-life/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/terry-pratchett-19_life_once-you-gave-a-thing-a-name-you-gave-it_2116282.jpg) > [Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/luck-is-my-middle-name-mind-you-my-first-name-is-bad/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/terry-pratchett-19_ankh_luck-is-my-middle-name-mind-you-my-first_362335.jpg) > [Dedication: My thanks to the people who showed me that opera was stranger than I could imagine. I can best repay their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/dedication-my-thanks-to-the-people-who-showed-me-that-opera-was/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/terry-pratchett-19_dedication_dedication-my-thanks-to-the-people-who-s_2775972.jpg) > [They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/they-may-be-called-the-palace-guard-the-city-guard-or-the-patrol/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/terry-pratchett-19_book_they-may-be-called-the-palace-guard-the_2837844.jpg) > [Before you can kill a demon, you have to be able to say it's name. Names have power. While the word Alzheimer's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/before-you-can-kill-a-demon-you-have-to-be-able-to-say-it-s-name/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/terry-pratchett-19_able_before-you-can-kill-a-demon-you-have-to_2077946.jpg) > [My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/my-name-is-unpronounceable-in-your-tongue-woman-it-said-i-ll-be-the/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/terry-pratchett-19_call-me_my-name-is-unpronounceable-in-your-tongu_2067617.jpg) > [... when your name is really and truly Percy Blakeney, pronounced 'Black-knee', and you still have bad acne in your twenties, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/when-your-name-is-really-and-truly-percy-blakeney-pronounced-black/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/terry-pratchett-19_accepting_when-your-name-is-really-and-truly-percy_70674.jpg) > [They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings. It's what most people call themselves, to begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/they-called-themselves-the-munrungs-it-meant-the-people-or-the-true/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/478/terry-pratchett-19_enemy_they-called-themselves-the-munrungs-it-m_1897163.jpg) > [People were people, even if they had four legs and had called themselves names like Dangerous Beans, which is the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/people-were-people-even-if-they-had-four-legs-and-had-called/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/terry-pratchett-19_beans_people-were-people-even-if-they-had-four_2483036.jpg) > [It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/terry-pratchett-19_cat_it-s-an-interesting-fact-that-fewer-than_5741.jpg) > [My agent pointed out one day that I had been quoted by a columnist in some American newspaper, and he noted with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/my-agent-pointed-out-one-day-that-i-had-been-quoted-by-a-columnist-in/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/terry-pratchett-19_agents_my-agent-pointed-out-one-day-that-i-had_3133714.jpg) > [“But we are running out of colors," said Mr. Violet, intervening. "That cannot be the case," said Mr. white. "There are an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/but-we-are-running-out-of-colors-said-mr-violet-intervening-that/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/terry-pratchett-19_colors_but-we-are-running-out-of-colors-said-mr_1401896.jpg) > [Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/dogs-are-not-like-cats-who-amusingly-tolerate-humans-only-until/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/terry-pratchett-19_biting_dogs-are-not-like-cats-who-amusingly-tol_1795394.jpg) ## Other authors on Names ## 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/names/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "16 Names Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-while-his-name-is-still-spoken/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/terry-pratchett-19_dead_do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-w_2464736.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/terry-pratchett-19_dead_do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-w_2464736.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/terry-pratchett-19_dead_do-you-not-know-that-a-man-is-not-dead-w_2464736.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Letitia! 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