--- title: "9 People Think Quotes By Terry Pratchett" description: "9 People Think quotes by Terry Pratchett. Plus more from Terry Pratchett and more People Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/terry-pratchett-19_facts_people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by_1520516.jpg" --- > [People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by-people-in-fact-it-s-the-other-2/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/terry-pratchett-19_facts_people-think-that-stories-are-shaped-by_1520516.jpg) > [“There are fewer metaphors around than people think.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/there-are-fewer-metaphors-around-than-people-think/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/terry-pratchett-19_quote_there-are-fewer-metaphors-around-than-pe_2025702.jpg) > [I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/i-tell-you-commander-it-s-true-that-some-of-the-most-terrible-things/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e2/terry-pratchett-19_done_i-tell-you-commander-it-s-true-that-some_616293.jpg) > [“Living this long's not as wonderful as people think. I mean, you get the same amount of youth as everyone else, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/living-this-long-s-not-as-wonderful-as-people-think-i-mean-you-get/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/terry-pratchett-19_aging_living-this-long-s-not-as-wonderful-as-p_3050823.jpg) > [“People ought to think for themselves... The problem is, people only think for themselves if you tell them to. (Corporal Carrot)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/people-ought-to-think-for-themselves-the-problem-is-people-only-think/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/terry-pratchett-19_quote_people-ought-to-think-for-themselves-the_1798988.jpg) > [It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-lies-it-s-all-lies-some-of-them-are-just-prettier-than-others/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/terry-pratchett-19_lying_it-s-lies-it-s-all-lies-some-of-them-are_1543479.jpg) > [“...it's true that some if the most terrible things in the works are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/it-s-true-that-some-if-the-most-terrible-things-in-the-works-are-done/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/terry-pratchett-19_good-intentions_it-s-true-that-some-if-the-most-terrible_1637915.jpg) > [Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/knowledge-is-dangerous-which-is-why-governments-often-clamp-down-on/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/terry-pratchett-19_caliber_knowledge-is-dangerous-which-is-why-gove_2737622.jpg) > [“People think that it is strange to have a turtle ten thousand miles long and an elephant more than two thousand miles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/people-think-that-it-is-strange-to-have-a-turtle-ten-thousand-miles/) [Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/terry-pratchett-19_human-brain_people-think-that-it-is-strange-to-have_2526484.jpg) ## Other authors on People Think ## 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/people-think/terry-pratchett/#itemlist", "name": "9 People Think Quotes By Terry Pratchett", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People think that stories are shaped by people. 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