Terry Pratchett Quotes

I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, 'If wet, in the library.' Who could say that this is bad?

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LibraryBetterDieChairBadGarden

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness.

Stephen King

PeopleWindSmallScentUncommon

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.

Spike Lee

DreamsParentsObservationMoreBeen

I think it's the tendency to want to create gods and monotheistic absolutes and absolute certainties that is the continual temptation in human thought - that's the great danger. Every time we create a god, we diminish humanity.

Tony Harrison

GodGreatTimeThinkThoughtCreate

I was still in college when 'To Kill a Mockingbird' came out in 1960. I remember it had a kind of an electrifying effect on this country; this was a time when there were a lot of good books coming out.

Tom Brokaw

GoodTimeCollegeRememberCountry

Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

River Phoenix

MusicMoneyHobbyActingOutJust

I routinely never discuss my marriage. It's nice to have things in my life that are totally mine.

Ryan Adams

LifeMarriageMy LifeNiceNever

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations.

Mike May

OutVisualConversationsStillTune

I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.

Johnny Knoxville

ThinkYouBodyWrongGoYour Body

What we do is ridiculous! I think that even when what I'm doing is serious, even when I'm not turning into a werewolf. It's a silly thing to do, isn't it? It's what you do in the playground when you're kids - but actors just never stop doing it.

David Thewlis

ThinkDoingSillyYouStopSerious

As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.

Chris Van Allsburg

WalkBelieveEveningMeetFairy

Empowering innovations transform something that is complicated and expensive into something that is so much more simple and affordable that a much larger population can enjoy it.

Clayton M. Christensen

SimpleEnjoyComplicatedMoreMuch

For 10 years, I'd been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with IMG and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom.

Ashley Graham

GirlYearNeverAlwaysYearsGoing

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