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.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Terry Pratchett Quotes

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...

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...

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign...

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...

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the...

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is...

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is...

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

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...

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

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...

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...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that...

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too...

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too...

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...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man...

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man...

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...