Terry Pratchett Going Postal Quotes & Sayings

That's the fashion. Fast as the speed of light, they say. Ha! It's got no soul, sir, no heart. — Terry Pratchett

Oh, that's just Thud! That's easy!" yapped a voice.
Both men turned to look at Horsefry, who had been made perky by sheer relief.
"I used to play it when I was a kid," he burbled. It's boring. The dwarfs always win!"
Gilt and Vetinari shared a look. It said: While I loathe you and every aspect of your personal philosophy to a depth unplummable by any line, I'll credit you at least with not being Crispin Horsefry. — Terry Pratchett

'One Night Only,' the words I'll be hearing from my agents when I tell them I'm coming back to Broadway. — Hugh Jackman

It's such a profound alienation for a person not to be at home in their own body. — Marilyn Wann

No need to be like that, sir," said Groat levelly. "No need to be like that. You can't destroy the mails. You just can't do it, sir. That's Tampering With The Mail, sir. That's not just a crime, sir. That's a, a - " "Sin?" said Moist. "Oh, worse'n a sin," said Groat, almost sneering. "For sins you're only in trouble with a god, but in my day, if you interfered with the mail, you'd be up against Chief Postal Inspector Rumbelow. Hah! And there's a big difference. Gods forgive. — Terry Pratchett

Sadly, I don't think books ever sell based on your name alone - the minute we make an assumption like that is the minute it all goes horribly wrong! — Jane Green

Never promise to do the possible. Anyone could do the possible. You should promise to do the impossible, because sometimes the impossible was possible, if you could find the right way, and at least you could often extend the limits of the possible. And if you failed, well, it had been impossible. — Terry Pratchett

You know how to pray, don't you? Just put your hands together and hope. — Terry Pratchett

I feel really comfortable when it's just me and a guitar. It's special and more vulnerable to strip it down. It can be scary, but it's also empowering. — Tori Kelly

Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory. — Fulton J. Sheen

The important thing is not to shout at this point, Vimes told himself. Do not ... what do they call it ... go postal? Treat this as a learning exercise. Find out why the world is not as you thought it was. Assemble the facts, digest the information, consider the implications. THEN go postal. But with precision. — Terry Pratchett

I've got a lot to look forward to. I'm trying to be the best father I can, and that's a pretty important role. Some would say it's more important than stopping pucks. — Curtis Joseph

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama. — Jason Reitman

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died. — Terry Pratchett

Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known. — Terry Pratchett

Only an academic could state the obvious and pass it off as wisdom." -Moist Von Lipwig (T.P., Going Postal) — Terry Pratchett