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Once 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…
- Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.
- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.
- There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that.…
- Previous generations understood about death, and undoubtedly would have seen a reasonable amount of death. Once you get into the Victorian era, you might well…
- The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.
- We've strayed into a zone with a high magical index,' he said. 'Don't ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field…
- Once you gave a thing a name, you gave it life.
- I saved a man's life once," said Granny. "Special medicine, twice a day. Boiled water with a bit of berry juice in it. Told him…
- I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir' Ridcully sighed. 'Rincewind, you once informed me, to my everlasting puzzlement, that you…
- People flock in, nevertheless, in search of answers to those questions only librarians are considered to be able to answer, such as "Is this the…
- Who'd want a pony when you could have the whole universe? It was far more interesting and you didn't have to muck it out once…
- Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even 2 minutes would…
- I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when…
- Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows…
- Once you've ruled out the impossible then whatever is left, however improbable, must be the truth. The problem lay in working out what was impossible,…
- Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'.
- He'd been an angel once. He hadn't meant to Fall. He'd just hung around with the wrong people.
More Once Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'. — Richard Armour