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.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

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Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on...

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so...

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so...

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is...

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is...

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It...

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

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

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

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a...

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much...

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewere, would much...

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper...

I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living...

I meant, said Ipslore bitterly, what is there in this world that truly makes living...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can...

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Nothing endures but change.

Nothing endures but change.

Often, its not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant...

Often, its not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant...

What the nation needs now is not the technology, for we possess that. We have...

What the nation needs now is not the technology, for we possess that. We have...