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Often Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber.
- Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
- And we don't often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it's easier…
- It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
- I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which…
- It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star…
- If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
- Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
- Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.
- 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…
- Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things.
- Granny Weatherwax was often angry. She considered it one of her strong points. Genuine anger was one of the world's greatest creative forces. But you…
- 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,…
- Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was. Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same…
- Ponder just let it happen. It's because their minds are so often involved with deep and problematic matters, he told himself, that their mouths are…
- First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking…
- It was said that life was cheap in Ankh-Morpork. This was of course, completely wrong. Life was often very expensive; you could get death for…
- People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the shoulders often have uneventful journeys. People jump out at them…
- People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.
- 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…
- Truthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.
- We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die.…
More Often Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange