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Small Gods quotes

Terry Pratchett

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“What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests said, but according to what seemed decent and honest inside, then it would, at the end, more or less, turn out all right.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“What’s a philosopher? . . . Someone who’s bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Just because you can explain it doesn’t mean it’s not still a miracle.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Gods don’t like people not doing much work. People who aren’t busy all the time might start to think.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Fear is strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy, but they were listening in gibberish.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water!” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Words are the litmus paper of the mind.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
“Bishops move diagonally. That’s why they often turn up where the kings don’t expect them to be.” Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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