Terry Pratchett Quotes

“Gods don’t like people not doing much work. People who aren’t busy all the time might start to think.”

― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

topic:religion work

“What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right.”

― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

topic:religion morality

“Words are the litmus paper of the mind.”

― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

topic:words mind

“What’s a philosopher? . . . Someone who’s bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting”

― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

topic:pain work philosophy

“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

topic:stupidity intelligence

“sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.”

― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

topic:stupidity leadership

“Because world all twisted up and wrong, like distorted glass, only came back into focus if you looked at it through bottom of bottle.”

― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

topic:world

“They accept evil not because they say yes, but because they don’t say no.”

― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

topic:evil

“evil. Human beings mostly aren't. They just get carried away by new ideas”

― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens

topic:evil

“Getting 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.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

topic:education work

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