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Mean Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean…
- In fact, very few people on the face of the planet know that the very shape of the M25 forms the sigil *odegra* in the…
- Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous.…
- 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…
- Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it?
- Just because you've got a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you have to treat everyone else like a nail
- Just because things are obvious doesn't mean they're true.
- You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.
- I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.
- I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most…
- An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone…
- Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums and what?', said…
- 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…
- Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.
- HOROSCOPE: Today is a good time for making new friends. A good deed may have unforeseen consequences. Don’t upset any druids. You will soon be…
- Progress just means bad things happen faster.
- YOU FEAR TO DIE? "It's not that I don't want... I mean, I've always...it's just that life is a habit that's hard to break...
- The Tezuman priests have a sophisticated calendar and an advanced horology," quoted Rincewind. "Ah," said Eric, "Good." "No," said Rincewind patiently. "It means time measurement."…
- Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them.…
- And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had attempted to reduce it to cowering jelly…
- You say that you people don’t burn folk and sacrifice people anymore, but that’s what true faith would mean, y’see? Sacrificin’ your own life, one…
- Privilege (to the privileged) means having private laws.
- You'll see! We're going to the palace. Fetch Angua. We might need her. And bring the search warrant. You mean the sledgehammer, sir? Yes.
- Never cross a woman with a star on a stick, young lady. They've got a mean streak.
- Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.
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- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
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- If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M H Abrams