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Certain Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.
- I could be wrong. Not being certain is what being a philosopher is all about.
- The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time on a slab…
- Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in the case of…
- 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…
- The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you…
- I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity,…
- I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more than…
- But is all this true?" said Brutha. Didactylos shrugged. "Could be. Could be. We are here and it is now. The way I see it…
- ...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main…
- She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy…
- It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other…
- The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way…
- There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom.…
- Granny bit her lip. She was never quite certain about children, thinking of them-when she thought about them at all-as coming somewhere between animals and…
- ...Granny Weatherwax, who had walked nightly without fear in the bandit-haunted forests of the mountains all her life in the certain knowledge that the darkness…
- Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid.
- He was certain he was anorectic, because every time he looked in a mirror he saw a fat man. It was the Archchancellor, standing behind…
- Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face.
- It is a popular fact that nine-tenths of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. Not even the most…
- Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen…
- I believe everyone should have a good death. You know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. Because after all, tears are appropriate…
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- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
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- I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't… — Arthur Ashe
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
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