Terry Pratchett Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Terry Pratchett quotes, Terry Pratchett sayings, and Terry Pratchett proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it. Terry Pratchett
Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual. Terry Pratchett
There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime. Terry Pratchett
Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise. Terry Pratchett
A horse's skull always looks scary, even if someone has put lipstick on it. Terry Pratchett
You get a wonderful view from the point of no return. Terry Pratchett
it wasn't the wearing of the hat that counted so much as having one to wear. Every trade, every craft had its hat. Terry Pratchett
Legends don't have to make sense. They just have to be beautiful. Or at least interesting. Terry Pratchett
Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds. Terry Pratchett
Have you ever bitten a red hot ice cube? That's curry. Terry Pratchett
The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. Terry Pratchett
An Assassin, a real Assassin had to look like one-black clothes, hood, boots, and all. If they could wear any clothes, any disguise, then what could anyone do but spend all day in a small room with a loaded crossbow pointed at the door? Terry Pratchett
When much is taken, something is returned. Terry Pratchett
The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it. Terry Pratchett
Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid. Terry Pratchett
The elevator shaft was a kind of heat sink. Hot food was cold by the time it arrived. Cold food got colder. No one knew what would happen to ice cream, but it would probably involve some rewriting of the laws of thermodynamics. Terry Pratchett
Voodoo is a very interesting religion for the whole family, even those members of it who are dead. Terry Pratchett
A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read. Terry Pratchett
A woman always has half an onion left over, no matter what the size of the onion, the dish or the woman. Terry Pratchett
Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. Terry Pratchett
Time is a drug; too much of it kills you. Terry Pratchett
But what's worth more than gold? Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that? Terry Pratchett
Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village - the modern wolves were the offspring of ancestors that had survived because they had learned that human meat had sharp edges. Terry Pratchett
Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way. Terry Pratchett
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life. Terry Pratchett
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. Terry Pratchett
Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped. Terry Pratchett
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett
Look, the life of gnomes and goblins is nasty, brutish and short. So are they. Terry Pratchett
Mort... had about the same talent for horticulture that you would find in a dead starfish. Terry Pratchett