Terry Pratchett Quotes

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.

Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?

This book was written using 100% recycled words.

The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.

And what would humans be without love?"
RARE, said Death.

Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.

Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.

He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.

Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.