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Doing Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much rather you weren't doing.
- For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering…
- Several sellers of hot meat pies and sausages in a bun had appeared from nowhere and were doing a brisk trade. [Footnote: They always do,…
- Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
- The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.
- Mr Lipwig, there's a lady in the hall to see you and we've thanked her for not smoking three times and she's still doing it!
- Well, the traveling teachers do come through every few months," said the Baron. "Yes, sir, I know, sir, and they're useless, sir. They teach facts,…
- But in his experience it was only a matter of time before the normal balance of the universe restored itself and started doing the usual…
- I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of…
- It was then that Marvin got religion. Not the quiet, personal kind, that involves doing good deeds and living a better life; not even the…
- (About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a…
- I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that…
- And what are you doing on it, I would like to know? Running away from home, yesno? If you were a boy I'd say are…
- He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went…
- The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.
- For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy…
- The key to winning, as always, was looking as if you had every right, nay, duty to be where you were. It helped if you…
More Doing Quotes
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves,… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do… — Bryan Adams
- We need to gather everyone we can. Damien scoffed. Uh, boss, hate to be a pall, but I think everyone we can… — Sherrilyn Kenyon