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

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Genius Quotes

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...

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

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...

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as...

A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as...

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

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

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

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...

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

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

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

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

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

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

(Sid's suicide note:) WE HAD A DEATH PACT I HAVE TO KEEP MY HALF OF...

(Sid's suicide note:) WE HAD A DEATH PACT I HAVE TO KEEP MY HALF OF...

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.