Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Evolution Quotes, Humo Quotes

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...

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,...

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...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

He'd noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: It fascinated people, they sometimes bought...

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.

Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic....

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic....

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...