“Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.”

— Terry Pratchett, book Witches Abroad

Source: Witches Abroad

Last update Sept. 29, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." by Terry Pratchett?

Terry Pratchett photo

Terry Pratchett796

English author 1948–2015

Related quotes

“Some people say, "New York's a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there." I say that about other places.”

Robert De Niro (1943) American actor, director and producer

What I've Learned

“Everybody's got a hunger, a hunger they can't resist;
There's so much that you want, you deserve much more than this.
But if dreams came true, oh, wouldn't that be nice?
But this ain't no dream we're living through tonight.
Girl, you want it, you take it, you pay the price.”

Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter

"Prove It All Night"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise

Source: This Side of Paradise

“Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.”

William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer

Madness in the Family (1988)
Source: Madness in the Family: Stories

“I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Prodigal Summer

Source: Prodigal Summer

“Listen boy
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away.
You know I don't like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made.
She's a real nice girl
And she's always there for you.
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do.”

Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist

Tell Her About It.
Song lyrics, An Innocent Man (1983)

“I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch 22

“But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Lunar Park

Source: Lunar Park

“Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.”

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

As quoted in New York Times (19 October 1984)

“I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Prodigal Summer

Source: Prodigal Summer

Related topics