Terry Pratchett Quotes

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta.

If there's one thing on this planet you don't look like it's a bunch of good luck walkin around.

Well, I would throw myself under the nearest bus, but considering my luck today, I’m sure it would break down less than a millimeter from me and just ruin my clothes…Probably break my watch, too. (Taryn)

I think my speeches are hilarious. I think I'm a natural comedian, but I like denying people the chance to laugh. I want to deny you the relief of the punchline.

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.

I have had an amazingly fortunate life. I'm a child from Yorkshire, which is sort of like Cleveland without the pretty bits.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

I don't like happy stuff. I'm not funny.

I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.

They determined who got the first question by a coin toss, to which Sarah Palin said, 'Oh, what a coincidence, that's how I got picked.'

We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.

You can say the nastiest things about yourself without offending anyone.

I just remembered that I'm absent minded... wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it.

Luck's the word those with poor hearts use for ka.

So there you have it, the extent of my charms: brown hair and eyes like unbarfed chocolate. I'm a lucky girl." -Max

The subconscious mind will translate into its physical equivalent a thought impulse of a negative or destructive nature, just as readily as it will act upon thought impulses of a positive or constructive nature. This accounts for the strange phenomenon which so many millions of people experience, referred to as "misfortune" or "bad luck."

I'm so mean I make medicine sick!

I don't suppose that she gave you the job based on looks alone?" Adrian had been staring off but now flashed me a big smile. "Why, Sage, you sweet talker." "That's not what I meant! What happened?" He shrugged. "I told the truth." "Adrian!" "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That's not bad." I admitted. "Then she asked what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start?'" "Adrian!" "Stop saying my name like that. I told her the truth. By the time I was on the fourth one, she told me I could go.