Terry Pratchett: Quotes about thinking

Terry Pratchett was English author. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.
Terry Pratchett: 1592 quotes906 likes

“Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em.”

Terry Pratchett book Thief of Time

Source: Thief of Time

“And just when you’d think [humans] were more malignant than ever Hell could be, they occasionally showed more grace than Heaven ever dreamed of.”

Terry Pratchett

“They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.”

Terry Pratchett book The Wee Free Men

Source: The Wee Free Men

“The thing is, I mean, there’s times when you look at the universe and you think, “What about me?” and you can just hear the universe replying, “Well, what about you?”

Terry Pratchett book Thief of Time

Source: Thief of Time

“The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.”

Terry Pratchett

Source: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

“The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking.”

Terry Pratchett book Eric

Source: Eric

“I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can't think why, 'cos it's not as if I hardly ever has a bath. You'd think they'd take the hint, wouldn't you?”

Terry Pratchett book Hogfather

Source: Hogfather

“Colon thought Carrot was simple. Carrot often struck people as simple. And he was.
Where people went wrong was thinking that simple meant the same thing as stupid.”

Terry Pratchett book Men at Arms

Source: Men at Arms

“And what had he wanted? He'd never sat down to think about it. But mostly, he wanted yesterday to be different from today.”

Terry Pratchett book Making Money

Source: Making Money

“Some people think this is paranoia, but it isn't. Paranoids only think everyone is out to get them. Wizards know it.”

Terry Pratchett book Sourcery

Source: Sourcery

“It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.”

Terry Pratchett book Monstrous Regiment

Source: Monstrous Regiment

“The more you think about it, the more amazing the everyday world of human beings becomes: most of it doesn't actually exist at all.”

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“… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.”

Terry Pratchett book Snuff

Source: Snuff

“Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.”

Terry Pratchett book Wyrd Sisters

Source: Wyrd Sisters

“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave… you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

Terry Pratchett book Small Gods

Source: Small Gods

“It's always surprising to be reminded that while you're watching and thinking about people, all knowing and superior, they're watching and thinking about you, right back at you.”

Terry Pratchett book A Hat Full of Sky

Source: A Hat Full of Sky

“I don’t know what to do,” he said. “No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do,” said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. “Been completely at a loss my whole life.” He hesitated. “I think it’s called being human, or something.”

Terry Pratchett book Sourcery

Source: Sourcery

“I see evil when I look in my shaving mirror. It is, philosophically, present everywhere in the universe in order, apparently, to highlight the existence of good. I think there is more to this theory, but I tend to burst out laughing at this point.”

Terry Pratchett book Unseen Academicals

Source: Unseen Academicals