Terry Pratchett Quotes

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing for 11 years as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.

I could never take orders from anyone.

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control.

The time has come. It is Independence or Death!

Americans are defiant people; the don’t like authority. That was the revolutionary spirit.

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I've always had a problem with doing what I'm told.

I have a really hard time with people telling me what to do.

No one told us what to wear, what to write, what to play. When they tried to, we shot 'em down easily.

Even me mum can't tell me what to do.

No one can tell me what to do.

I don't have to explain myself to nobody. Nobody. I don't.

Don't let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

I don't like authority, at least I don't like other people's authority.

We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

The Root of All Rebellion: It is because we are not near enough to Thee to partake of thy liberty that we want a liberty of our own different from thine.

I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything.

I have never listened to authority. It is not in my DNA.

I'm a grown man. I do whatever I feel like doing with my hair. And if for some reason you feel like there's a magnet and you should have something to say to me, then more power to you. I hope you're prepared.

I know I'm sane I don't give a care for the crown or the shield I will not protect you or happily yield To the one who makes me come undone