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brightlotusmoon) wrote2006-09-08 11:51 am
brightlotusmoon) wrote2006-09-08 11:51 am
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Quotes from the god of British satiric fantasy
Terry Prachett:
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
The pen is mightier than the sword, if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.
-Hogfather
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded.
-on the big bang theory
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.
It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.
-Jingo
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
-Jingo
Revolutions always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
-Night Watch
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.
-Pyramids
Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
-Small Gods
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."
-Sourcery
Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot".
-The Colour Of Magic
Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.
-The Last Continent
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
-The Truth
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, 'Where's my clean socks?' no-one answers.
-Eric
Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
The pen is mightier than the sword, if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.
-Hogfather
In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded.
-on the big bang theory
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.
It could not be happening because this sort of thing did not happen. Any contradictory evidence could be safely ignored.
-Jingo
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
-Jingo
Revolutions always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
-Night Watch
Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.
-Pyramids
Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.
-Small Gods
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice."
-Sourcery
Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot".
-The Colour Of Magic
Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.
-The Last Continent
There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!
-The Truth
Rincewind had been told that death was just like going into another room. The difference is, when you shout, 'Where's my clean socks?' no-one answers.
-Eric
Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.
This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.
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I think my favorite book of his might be "Hogfather", just for the mind-blowing intensity of the implications.
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"Is that my cow?"
"It goes Buggerem Millenium hand and shrimp."
"That is not my cow. That is Foul Ol' Ron."
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*worships Pratchett*