--- title: "17 Next Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "17 Next quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more Next sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg" --- > [Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-from-a-purely-geometrical/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg) > [As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our-finger-into-the-electric/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/terry-pratchett-19_electric_as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our_2974564.jpg) > [Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/often-i-sort-of-work-up-and-down-the-manuscript-i-sometimes-used-to/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/terry-pratchett-19_ahead_often-i-sort-of-work-up-and-down-the-man_3120349.jpg) > [Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/juliet-s-version-of-cleanliness-was-next-to-godliness-which-was-to/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/terry-pratchett-19_cleanliness_juliet-s-version-of-cleanliness-was-next_81862.jpg) > [Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/now-that-their-long-war-was-over-they-could-get-on-with-the-proper/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/terry-pratchett-19_civilised_now-that-their-long-war-was-over-they-co_2663607.jpg) > [Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/peace-said-vetinari-ah-yes-defined-as-period-of-time-to-allow-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/terry-pratchett-19_next_peace-said-vetinari-ah-yes-defined-as-pe_2055612.jpg) > [Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/eight-years-involved-with-the-nuclear-industry-have-taught-me-that/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/terry-pratchett-19_covered_eight-years-involved-with-the-nuclear-in_2535947.jpg) > [And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitatied for a moment, and then: We look to ... the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-what-do-you-really-do-asked-tiffany-the-thin-witch-hesitatied-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/terry-pratchett-19_between-life-and-dea_and-what-do-you-really-do-asked-tiffany_177185.jpg) > [That's what's so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/that-s-what-s-so-stupid-about-the-whole-magic-thing-you-know-you/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/terry-pratchett-19_bedroom_that-s-what-s-so-stupid-about-the-whole_2260193.jpg) > [One minute I'm just another rabbit and happy about it, next minute \*whazaam\*, I'm thinking. That's a major drawback if you're looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/one-minute-i-m-just-another-rabbit-and-happy-about-it-next-minute/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/terry-pratchett-19_drawbacks_one-minute-i-m-just-another-rabbit-and-h_757861.jpg) > [Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/monsters-are-getting-more-uppity-too-i-heard-where-this-guy-he-killed/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/terry-pratchett-19_arms_monsters-are-getting-more-uppity-too-i-h_1174988.jpg) > [London was not designed for cars. Come to that, it wasn't designed for people. It just sort of happened. This created problems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/london-was-not-designed-for-cars-come-to-that-it-wasn-t-designed-for/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28f/terry-pratchett-19_car_london-was-not-designed-for-cars-come-to_172099.jpg) > [The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. There is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/the-universe-is-instant-by-instant-recreated-anew-there-is-in-truth/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/terry-pratchett-19_blink_the-universe-is-instant-by-instant-recre_2035293.jpg) > [- I USHERED SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD. I WAS THE GRAVE OF ALL HOPE. I WAS THE ULTIMATE REALITY. I WAS…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-ushered-souls-into-the-next-world-i-was-the-grave-of-all-hope-i-was/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/terry-pratchett-19_assassin_i-ushered-souls-into-the-next-world-i-wa_2382767.jpg) > [And the people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-the-people-next-door-oppress-me-all-night-long-i-tell-them-i-work/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/terry-pratchett-19_doors_and-the-people-next-door-oppress-me-all_2409076.jpg) > [And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/and-then-there-were-cats-thought-dog-he-d-surprised-the-huge-ginger/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/terry-pratchett-19_cat_and-then-there-were-cats-thought-dog-he_478239.jpg) > [Classically, very few people have considered that cleanliness is next to godliness. A rank loincloth and hair in an advanced state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/classically-very-few-people-have-considered-that-cleanliness-is-next/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/terry-pratchett-19_badges_classically-very-few-people-have-conside_2444140.jpg) ## Other authors on Next ## 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/next/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "17 Next Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Next comes the realist phase (\"After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.\").", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-from-a-purely-geometrical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/terry-pratchett-19_cat_next-comes-the-realist-phase-after-all-f_1709626.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Next comes the realist phase (\"After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terry Pratchett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our-finger-into-the-electric/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/terry-pratchett-19_electric_as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our_2974564.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/terry-pratchett-19_electric_as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our_2974564.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/terry-pratchett-19_electric_as-a-species-we-are-forever-sticking-our_2974564.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will…” — Terry Pratchett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. 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