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Mind Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Particles of raw inspiration sleet through the universe all the time. Every once in a while one of them hits a receptive mind, which then…
- They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse first.
- So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive nodes, and there…
- Just because you've got a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you have to treat everyone else like a nail
- The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
- Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.
- Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I…
- I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
- No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about…
- Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without…
- Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other…
- I get it,' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?' If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if…
- I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said "You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm".…
- The duke had a mind that ticked like a clock and, like a clock, it regularly went cuckoo.
- There should be a word for that brief period just after waking when the mind is full of warm pink nothing. You lie there entirely…
- Words are the litmus paper of the mind.
- Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done so. He'd decided…
- Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that…
- We're dealing here," said Vimes, "With a twisted mind." "Oh, no! You think so?" "Yes." "But... no... you can't be right. Because Nobby was with…
- It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he…
More Mind Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- I've known you long enough to know you try not to let your feelings show. Lately when I hold you near, I… — Superman
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle