Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise.
And Sam Vimes thought: Why is Young Sam’s nursery full of farmyard animals anyway? Why are his books full of moo-cows and baa-lambs? He is growing up in the city. He will only see them on a plate! They go sizzle!
History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it.
Humans need fantasy in order to be human.
It’s the end game that people dread and that’s what I’m scared of.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
Please give us a simple answer, so that we don’t have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don’t fit the way we want the world to be.
Many an ancient lord’s last words have been, ‘You can’t kill me because I’ve got magic aaargh.’
And we don’t often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it’s easier for them to walk on the surface.
They can ta’k our lives but they can never ta’k our freedom!? Now there’s a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker.
When they’re standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment.
What your soldier wants – really, really wants – is no-one shooting back at him.
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong.
It’s no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite expanse of creation they have an uncontrollable urge to put something in the way .
Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord.
Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in politics.
Now that their long war was over, they could get on with the proper concern of all civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.
Winners never talk about glorious victories. Thats because they’re the ones who see what the battle field looks like afterwards. Its only the losers who have glorious victories.
I try to make computers say things like You have 60 seconds to achieve safe distance.
He never pays attention, he always knows the answer, and he can never tell you how he knows. We can’t keep thrashing him. He is a bad example to the other pupils. There’s no educating a smart boy.