« All Accurate Quotes · Terry Pratchett's Page
Accurate Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Demons were like genies or philosophy professors - if you didn't word things exactly right, they delighted in giving you absolutely accurate and completely misleading…
- The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation…
- Ankh-Morpork! Pearl of cities! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst…
- Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even 2 minutes would…
- Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.
- Ordinary fortune-tellers tell you what you want to happen; witches tell you what’s going to happen whether you want it to or not. Strangely enough,…
More Accurate Quotes
- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate. — Michelle Bachelet
- Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there… — Gregory Bateson
- To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. — Max Beerbohm
- An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to… — Annie Besant
- I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more and more… — Juliette Binoche
- Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. — Claudia Black
- Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in 2013 -… — John O. Brennan
- Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it. — Herman Cain
- My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate. — Alastair Campbell
- Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs you can.… — Gary Allan