Terry Pratchett Quotes

I'm not stupid. I can tell what's what.

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Only dumb people are happy.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

People are not stupid.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

I think there's a difference between ditzy and dumb. Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask!

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A lot of the characters I play are very naive, and I don't think I'm like that. And I'm not stupid!

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

I'm not a stupid man.

I don't make many mental mistakes. Yeah, I'm smarter than I look.

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.