“If only they'd think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it'd save a lot of trouble later on.”

—  Terry Pratchett , book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)
Context: They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings.
It's what most people call themselves, to begin with. And then one day the tribe meets some other People or, if it's not been a good day, The Enemy. If only they'd think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it'd save a lot of trouble later on.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 29, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If only they'd think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it'd save a lot of trouble later on." by Terry Pratchett?
Terry Pratchett photo
Terry Pratchett 796
English author 1948–2015

Related quotes

P. J. O'Rourke photo

“I'd like to end the book a lot of ways. Except I don't have any answers. Use your common sense. Be nice. This is the best I can do. All the trouble in the world is human trouble. Well, that's not true. But when cancer cells run amok and burst out of the prostate and take over the liver and lymph glands and end up killing everything in the body including themselves, they certainly are acting like some humans we know.”

P. J. O'Rourke (1947) American journalist

All the Trouble in the World (1994)

Agatha Christie photo

““Darling,” she drawled, “won’t that be rather tiresome? If any misfortunes happen to my friends I always drop them at once! It sounds heartless, but it saves such a lot of trouble later!””

Agatha Christie book Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile (1937)

Rick Riordan photo

“Monsters don't die. They just dissipate into smoke and dust, which saves heroes a lot of trouble cleaning up after a fight.”

Rick Riordan book The Sea of Monsters

Source: The Sea of Monsters

Terry Pratchett photo

“Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.”

Terry Pratchett book Lords and Ladies

Source: Lords and Ladies

China Miéville photo

“It felt like being a child again, though it was not. Being a child is like nothing. It's only being. Later, when we think about it, we make it into youth.”

China Miéville Embassytown

Source: Embassytown (2011), Chapter "Formerly, 2"

Bill Cosby photo

“The only thing that you can get into without a lot of trouble is a lot of trouble.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

id.

“If i were to think of one thing i like about myself it'd be my confidence which taught me never to give up in life.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan

Original: What's your?

Martin Firrell photo

“Art’s true purpose is to be human as opposed to some rarefied activity set away from real life. I think art should help you to navigate the real challenges of being a human being.”

Martin Firrell (1963) British artist and activist

Quoted in the documentary The Question Mark Inside broadcast in the UK by Sky Arts (30 October 2009).

Albert Einstein photo

“Make a lot of walks to get healthy and don’t read that much but save yourself some until you’re grown up.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Geh recht viel spazieren, dass Du recht gesund wirst und lies nicht gar zu viel sondern spar Dir noch was auf bis Du gross bist.
Letter to his son Eduard Einstein (June 1918)
1910s

Related topics