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Trouble Quotes by Terry Pratchett
- The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
- They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings. It's what most people call themselves, to begin with. And then…
- Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be…
- He felt that the darkness was full of unimaginable horrors - and the trouble with unimaginable horrors was that they were only too easy to…
- The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.
- The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.
- The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.
- One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.
- For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting store by these…
- 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…
- The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
- Last night there seemed to be a chance. Anything was possible last night. That was the trouble with last nights. They were always followed by…
- The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.
- They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die…
- Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person,…
- It is a popular fact that nine-tenths of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. Not even the most…
More Trouble Quotes
- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial. — Richard Armour
- Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought… — Mary Astell
- I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because… — Chinua Achebe
- I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me… — Margaret Atwood
- In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our… — John James Audubon
- I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. — Jane Austen
- When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. — Francis Bacon
- If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. — Lord Acton
- The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things. — David Bailey