Terry Pratchett Quotes

Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WisdomBeginningDieYouKnowing

I made a supreme effort not to do that thing that parents do, which is to bore people without children to death by going on and on about how funny their children are, so there's none of that hopefully.

Jo Brand

FunnyChildrenDeathEffortParents

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

John Dalberg-Acton

JusticeNothingBearSecretSafe

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

Andre Agassi

GoodMyselfDayFightingEvery Day

Children need teachers who have stars in their eyes themselves and who treat them with respect.

May-Britt Moser

StarsChildrenRespectEyesTreat

I've been working pretty solidly for a long time: Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean? It's been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible.

Robert Taylor

WorkTimeLongYouGoalPossible

Court McGee is definitely a name worth fighting - and beating.

Robert Whittaker

NameFightingWorthCourtBeating

Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again.

Moira Kelly

SayWillNeverAgain

All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

Michael Learned

LoveThinkRealUsStillCloser

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

Jarvis Cocker

ValuePeopleWorthSituationClass

You learn a lot about vital corporations through non-vital corporations.

Jonathan Ive

LearnYouThroughCorporationsVital

If you think about what everyone else will think, you forget to just make music.

Chris Stapleton

MusicThinkYouForgetWillJust

I was at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, and I was performing at a show there. Jimmy Carter was going to be coming through with his Secret Service detail. The manager pulled me aside, and they didn't want me to shake Jimmy Carter's hand because they were afraid it would make the news if I stole from him.

Apollo Robbins

ServiceMeDetailVegasNewsWant

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