The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Here's what I suggest," he said. "You pretend that rats can think, and I'll promise to pretend that humans can think, too. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
"There's a door," he whispered. "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think," said Rincewind. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
People don't like to say comic so they say Graphic Novel, despite the fact that I don't think the true Graphic Novel… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I see evil when I look in my shaving mirror. It is, philosophically, present everywhere in the universe in order, apparently, to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever been critical of the money Douglas Adams makes, especially since, as has been tactfully pointed out, I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Humans had built a world inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's some things that you wouldn't tackle in a children's book because it would be beyond, not the mental capabilities, but the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
[...] the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
No one thinks that young adults read hooks for YOUNG ADULTS, books for young adults are read by kids. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Do you think there’s anything to eat in this forest?” “Yes,” said the wizard bitterly, “us. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There's a door." "Where does it go?" "It stays where it is, I think. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“This one’s mental.’ ‘Eccentric.’ ‘What’s the difference?’ ‘A bag of cash.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob breaking down the front door,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
A hardback's harder at Christmas time because that's a good hardback buying time. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“There is a night that never comes to an end… The clock of the world turns under its own shadow. Midnight is a moving… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share
“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… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share