Terry Pratchett Quotes

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015

Topics

PerfectI CanSayNothingGoing

If you live your life on your own terms, you might find that people actually give you more respect.

Andreja Pejic

LifeLiveRespectPeopleYouFind

It's not that I'm a 'Let's hug and be joyful all the time' boss. Or that I don't, quote, 'own my own power.' I just never want to be that big, swingin', rule-by-fear person.

Megyn Kelly

PowerTimeBossPersonHugWant

The less you know about the person, the more you fill in the rosiest details.

Max Joseph

DetailsYouPersonKnowMoreFill

Throughout the universe of public and private funds, managers are measured quarterly against one index or another, defined by statistics, and corralled into this category or that category so that fund of funds, pensions, and other institutions can make comforting - if not necessarily prudent - asset allocation decisions.

Michael Burry

UniverseDecisionsStatisticsAgainst

Shaquille and I kind of joke we were the Christopher Columbus of social media. We're kind of out on a boat by ourselves going through these uncharted waters. But it's become more understood, embraced and accepted, and now it's pretty much expected by fans for athletes, leagues and teams to be there.

Amy Jo Martin

Social MediaBoatMediaKindBecome

I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.

Robin Williams

DeadEveryoneWhereIdeaTownMovie

I think that, as an actor, you fight so hard to get work for years that when it actually comes, you just are so grateful. I am so happy to get to do what I love.

Rory O'Malley

WorkLoveGratefulFightI AmHappy

After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.

Mason Cooley

SuccessSatisfiedOrdinaryFailures

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

Mike Lowry

GovernmentWrongMakeNeedsType

Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught.

Michel Onfray

AloneBestI AmPeopleLuxuryNow

On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

BirthdayBestMePresentTableEver

Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!

Dionne Bromfield

AnimalMeSkinMeanFurCruel

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