Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bull, was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.

Quote by Terry Pratchett

Topics: Being Annoyed Quotes

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

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...

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...

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

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.

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...

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...

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

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