Terry Lennox Quotes

There's always something to do if you don't have to work or consider the cost. It's no real fun but the rich don't know that. They never had any. They never want anything very hard except maybe somebody else's wife and that's a pretty pale desire compared with the way a plumber's wife wants new curtains for the living room. ~ Raymond Chandler

'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.'
'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him. ~ Terry Pratchett

The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith. ~ Randall Terry

Astfgl peered around through the swirling gas clouds. At least he was in the right place. The whole point about the end of the universe was that you couldn't go past it accidentally.
The last few embers winked out. Time and space collided silently, and collapsed.
Astfgl coughed. It can get so very lonely, when you're twenty million light-years from home.
"Anyone there?" he said.
YES.
The voice was right by his ear. Even demon kings can shiver.
"Apart from you, I mean," he said. "Have you seen anybody?"
YES.
"Who?"
EVERYONE.
Astfgl sighed. "I mean anyone recently."
IT'S BEEN VERY QUIET, said Death. ~ Terry Pratchett

And gears," said Anathema. "My bike didn't have gears. I'm sure my bike didn't have gears."
Crowley leaned over to the angel. "Oh lord, heal this bike," he whispered sarcastically.
"I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale. ~ Terry Pratchett

I think that you only occasionally have to play evil because everything you're doing is. ~ Terry O'Quinn

The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time. ~ Terry Pratchett

They stole from rich merchants and temples and kings. They didn't steal from poor people; this was not because there was anything virtuous about poor people, it was simply because poor people had no money. ~ Terry Pratchett

Gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide ~ Terry Pratchett

Not liking Christine would be like not liking small fluffy animals. And Christine was just like a small fluffy animal. A rabbit, perhaps. It was certainly impossible for her to get a whole idea into her head in one go. She had to nibble it into manageable bits. ~ Terry Pratchett

You have a mother?"
His mouth quirked with humor.
"Yep, and a father too! Every kid normally has one of each to begin with.
He was teasing me in an affectionate way... ~ Terry Spear

Firstly," said Ponder, "Mr Pessimal wants to know what we do here."
"Do? We are the premier college of magic!" said Ridcully.
"But do we teach?"
"Only if no alternative presents itself," said the Dean. "We show 'em where the library is, give 'em a few little chats, and graduate the survivors. If they run into any problems, my door is always metaphorically open."
"Metaphorically, sir?" said Ponder.
"Yes. But technically, of course, it's locked."
"Explain to him that we don't do things, Stibbons," said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. "We are academics. ~ Terry Pratchett

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors. ~ Terry Pratchett

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question. ~ Annie Lennox

This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic. ~ Terry Pratchett

All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional. ~ Terry Pratchett

You've got to love the game and the game will love you back. ~ Jason Terry

It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink. ~ Terry Pratchett

Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. ~ Terry Pratchett

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want. ~ Terry Gilliam

The world, finally, tries to rob us in lots of ways. I like poems to do a bit of taking back for us. ~ Terry Blackhawk

In the deep night of metaphysics, all cats look black. ~ Terry Eagleton

I live in a world of possibility and opportunity. You look for the light. There's darkness everywhere but you look for that spot of light and you work your way towards it, and you do what it takes to get there. ~ Annie Lennox

MAY GOD'S PEACE AND ANGEL'S WING SURROUND YOU... ~ Terry Lee Rambo

I don't think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was, I simply don't think they were acknowledged as human beings at all. Or - you know, one of the reasons I became a cook later on in my life was, I was not allowed to cook an egg. ~ Terry Gross

The last vestiges of consciousness tell her she has just witnessed her own murder, all she ever was and hoped to be is gone. ~ Terry Hayes

Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings. You think you're going to kiss your ass good-bye. ~ Terry Hanson

When a woman allows a man to enter her, it is not just a physical act, but a spiritual one, ... We risk everything trying to touch the ineffable by touching each other. ~ Terry Tempest Williams

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at. ~ Terry Bradshaw

It is the lord's duty to his domain to provide adequate defense for his folk during a time of war or crisis. ~ Terry Mancour

I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice for which vulgar is not even close to the word. Yes, I like Schumann's Carnaval, but I'm damned if I know why anybody thinks the paintings of Paul Klee profit from being viewed with Carnaval playing in the background. ~ Terry Teachout

At times like this it's traditional that a hero comes forth," said the President of the Guild of Assassins. "A dragon slayer. Where is he, that's what I want to know? Why aren't our schools turning out young people with the skills society needs? ~ Terry Pratchett

Sometimes we just have to trust that time and fate will bring us back to where we are supposed to be. Sometimes patience and belief are all we have. ~ Terry Brooks

People who are both powerful and dissatisfied are peculiarly dangerous. ~ Terry Eagleton

I'd go for "really great writer." Although I don't think I am. I know I have a style which is recognizable. I think you can see Terry Pratchett in every book. I like doing it. I was once a journalist. And I think of myself as a journalist, and that's it. ~ Terry Pratchett

Winston Churchill said 'In war time, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies'. Any book called The Truth should therefore have one. ~ Terry Pratchett

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology. ~ Terry Eagleton

Of course, disinformation," Quinn said. "I can do that. I'll leave out critical events, then I'll put in false information and twist everything that has happened around into a vague, shadowy history that obscures what really took place. ~ Terry Goodkind

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ~ Armistead Maupin

When you look into the abyss, it's not supposed to wave back. ~ Terry Pratchett

There are now, to the delight of parasitical writers like me, what I might almost call "public domain" plot items. There are dragons, and magic users, and far horizons, and quests, and items of power, and weird cities. There's the kind of scenery that we would have had on earth if only God had had the money. ~ Terry Pratchett

He chuckled. She turned to see what was funny and nearly had a heart attack.
He was holding one hot-pink-and-white mug while reading it, the other sitting on the counter: 'Men should be like my curtains, easy to pull and well hung. ~ Terry Spear