Discworld Quote by Terry Crowley Download Open image “Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.” — Terry Crowley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discworld Language Men People Small gods
It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do. — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Words are the most precious thing. Words should be used with great care. Good words can make a man and bad words can break… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It seems that in almost all societies, the attitudes that people have to language change is basically the same. People everywhere tend to say… — Terry Crowley Copy Share Image
“Someone broke from the scrum and, punching and kicking, staggered towards the Klatchian goal. "Isn't that man your butler?" said Ahmed. "Yes." "One of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was a steady drizzle when they left for the tower. Moist drove the cart, with the others sitting on the load behind him… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Sacharissa saw a movement. Boddony had pulled his axe out from under the bench. It was a traditional dwarf axe. One side was a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Nature abhors a lot of things, including vacuums, ships called the Marie Celeste, and the chuck keys for electric drills. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It was the way he wore the place. You expected him any moment to break into the kind of song that has suspicious rhymes… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Her books on alchemy were marvellous objects, every page a work of the engraver's art, but they nowhere contained instructions like "Be sure to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
God does not play dice [with the universe]. [Ger., Gott wurfelt nicht.] — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there are more… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There was a hell for blasphemers. There was a hell for disputers of rightful authority. There were a number of hells for liars. There… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Vimes shook some lather off the blade. "Hah! I bet they have. Tell me, Willikins, did you fight much when you were a kid?… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image