Terry Pratchett Quotes

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ExperienceRidePeopleHellAim

Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.

Meghan O'Rourke

DogChangeEyesFoodGriefMemory

We need someone who is going to stand up, speak up, and speak out for the people who need help, for the people who have been discriminated against.

John Lewis

PeopleStand UpSpeakStandHelpUp

Clothing isn't disposable.

Amber Valletta

ClothingDisposable

I am not very moved by historical apologies.

Tom Paulin

I AmHistoricalVeryAmMoved

I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me. I actually enjoy snails a lot. And I've eaten sea urchin and that shebang.

Mirai Nagasu

SeaMeMomEnjoyEatWhatever

I don't have two different personalities. I am what I am.

Judy Sheindlin

I AmI Am What I AmTwoDifferentAm

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

Julia Sawalha

MusicBeautifulPeopleYouCountry

If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When I cut my record, I'm just going to cut the things that I like, and whoever likes it, likes it. That's too much work to try to figure out the demographic. That's too much like a business.

Jason Aldean

WorkLoveBusinessSongYouKnow

I began graduate school in the late 1980s, and my goal was to understand how morality varied across cultures and nations. I did some research comparing moral judgment in India and the U.S.A.

Jonathan Haidt

SchoolResearchLateGoalMoral

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.

Deborah Raney

WaitThinkAdviceGivingGiveWould

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.

David Talbot

DreamsAgeTimePoliticsNight

I love working with big flavors like chiles and smoke. Honey is perfect for softening the edges, mellowing them out a bit. I put it in everything - vinaigrettes, soups, stocks, salsas, so I'm always on the hunt for great honey.

Bobby Flay

LoveGreatHoneyPerfectSmokeOut

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