3,122 Quotes by Terry Pratchett

There were two ways of looking at the world, but only one when you are starving.

Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut widow's peak and, not least, his ridiculous accent that grew thicker or thinner depending on who he was talking to, did not look like a threat. He looked funny, a joke, a music-hall vampire. It had never previously occurred to Vimes that, just possibly, the joke was on other people.

But I think you have a right to know what it is you’re not being told.

One of the important things about being a small-town reporter is knowing what not to put in the paper.

Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films.

In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.

The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight.