Terry Pratchett Quotes

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GodThinkEnoughFindingEvidence

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Robert Half

WorkHard WorkTalentTragedyShame

Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.

Robert Kurson

GovernmentLookingNobodyPirate

Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.

Michael Chertoff

DecisionCongressMeanWellGrants

I enjoy my work, no matter who I am working with. Even if you give me a solo silent film, I will enjoy it.

Sonakshi Sinha

WorkI AmMeEnjoyYouSilent

I'm a minnow compared to Caring with all his restaurants and clubs, and good luck to him. I've met him a couple of times. I've got no personal rancour against Richard Caring at all.

Robin Birley

GoodCaringLuckGood LuckPersonal

Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone.

Rocco DiSpirito

CookingPeopleLearnDoneRight

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

Mike Nichols

AloneStoryYouPicturesKnowSee

The idea of equal rights was in the air.

Lucy Stone

EqualityEqualAirRightsIdea

I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.

Connie Stevens

I AmBrooklynDogsTwoAlwaysPets

I think bookstore browsing will become more cherished as time goes on because it can't be replicated virtually.

Chuck Hogan

TimeThinkWillBecomeMoreBecause

Some readers sort of suspect that you have another book that you didn't publish that has even more information in it. I think that readers sort of want to be taught something. They have this idea that there's a takeaway from a novel rather than just the being there, which I think is the great, great pleasure of reading.

Alice McDermott

GreatBookReadingThinkInformation

'Cyberspace' as a term is sort of over. It's over in the way that, after a certain time, people stopped using the suffix '-electro' to make things cool, because everything was electrical. 'Electro' was all over the early 20th century, and now it's gone. I think 'cyber' is sort of the same way.

William Gibson

TimePeopleCoolThinkEarlyWay

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