English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Terry Prachett Quotes

Terry Prachett quote: "A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to..."

A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.

Terry Prachett

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Martin Luther quote: "Everything that is done in this world is done by hope."
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope. Martin Luther
Adam Clayton quote: "Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold."
Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold. Adam Clayton
Harvey Fierstein quote: "Time will tell us what we did and didn't do."
Time will tell us what we did and didn't do. Harvey Fierstein
Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does. Edward James Olmos
Felix Adler quote: "Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each..."
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other. Felix Adler
Stephenie Meyer quote: "She was thinking what I think she was thinking, wasn't she?"
She was thinking what I think she was thinking, wasn't she? Stephenie Meyer
I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use them; so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer means. So, whatever good meanings are in the book, I'm glad to accept as the meaning of the book. Lewis Carroll
Bill Murray quote: "Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain..."
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. Bill Murray
Harry S. Truman quote: "The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the..."
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better. Harry S. Truman
This thing called Contrmporary America--and its obsession with televisions, game systems, and computers_has gone a littlr far if you ask me. Some call it the Information Age, but I'd tend to say it's more the Sitting-on-one's-butt-and-letting-other-people-do-the-thinking-for-you Age. James Patterson
Emile Hirsch quote: "Especially these days where everything is so polite and so..."
Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good. Emile Hirsch
Werner Klemperer quote: "When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show..."
When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done. Werner Klemperer
Denis Thatcher quote: "I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I..."
I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself. Denis Thatcher
Vitamin B proved to be not one vitamin but several, which is why we have B1, B2, and so on. To add to the confusion, Vitamin K has nothing to do with an alphabetical sequence. It was called K because its Danish discoverer, Henrik Dam, dubbed it "koagulations viatmin" for its role in blood clotting. Bill Bryson
To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline. Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power. As part of the universal city that is the universe, human beings have a duty of care to all fellow... Epictetus