114 ordspråk av Terry Pratchett

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Terry Pratchett föddes den 28 april 1948 - English writer
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 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

 But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.
One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.

 But ye gotta know where ye're just going to rush in. Ye canne just rush in anywhere. It looks bad, havin' to rush oout again straight awa'.

 Cats are nasty cruel bastards but that's because they are cats. As far as we know, they have no grasp of the concept of not being nasty cruel bastards. Humans, on the other hand, do.

 Do you need an excuse to have a war? I mean, who for? Can't you just say "You got lots of cash and land, but I've got a big sword, so divy up right now, chop chop"

 Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.

 Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past like a stampede.

 Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree

 Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

 Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.

 For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

 Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up

 Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

 He did of course sometimes have people horribly tortured to death, but this was considered to be perfectly acceptable behaviour for a civic ruler and generally approved of by the overhelming majority of citizens. [footnote: The overhelming majority of citizens being defined in this case as everyone not currently hanging upside down over a scorpion pit]

 He moved in a way that suggested he was attempting the world speed record for the nonchalant walk


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