Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, (born 28 April 1948) is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld
series of comic fantasy novels.
one
"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual."
two
"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it."
three
"A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores."
four
"That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: 'I can't understand this, what's wrong with me?' An American says: 'I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?'"
five
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."
six
"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at."
seven
"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."
eight
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
nine
"Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate..."
ten
"An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on."
eleven
"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
twelve
"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more."
thirteen
"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it."
fourteen
"God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time."
fifteen
"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life."
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