All Terry Pratchett Quotes
- The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp. Funny
- Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along. All
- Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. Better
- The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a… Baby
- The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it. Creature
- I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. Any
- You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look. All
- Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces. Demanding
- The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head. Deceit
- I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As… Any
- I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my… Bang
- I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me. Genre
- This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic. Fast
- The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into… Bbc
- Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death. Age
- Freedom without limits is just a word. Freedom
- Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care. Care
- I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. Even Finish
- I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. Astronomy
- I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it's in the blood. Blood
- I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro. Inspirational
- I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me. Couple
- I was a very keen reader of science fiction. Fiction
- I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz. Got Wide
- If it wasn't for the fun and money, I really don't know why I'd bother. Bother