Terry Pratchett Quotes

[VladTepes]

When it comes to truth I think these nail it:

Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase "The innocent have nothing to fear," believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like "The innocent have nothing to fear." - Snuff

"Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry." (Thief of Time)

[Mick_J]

The human brain cannot deal with "DON'T" or "DO NOT".
For us to imagine not doing something we must first imagine doing it, then we have to imagine not doing it.  It easily confuses the brain so we ignore the instruction Don't or Do Not and just do it.  Try telling a kid not to do something.

[Hooli]

STP captured the human condition perfectly in his books.

[VladTepes]

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[Hooli]

Ook!

[Kiwifruit]

The human brain cannot deal with "DON'T" or "DO NOT".
For us to imagine not doing something we must first imagine doing it, then we have to imagine not doing it.  It easily confuses the brain so we ignore the instruction Don't or Do Not and just do it.  Try telling a kid not to do something.

Today......l repair some rust on the underside of a Range Rover, its up on my 2 post hoist and I've undersealed the repair. Owner comes in, l show him where we're at and he puts his finger in the wet waterbased underseal. I ask him if its still wet.....I know its still wet. He looks at his black fingertip and says "yes". Some just can't help themselves 

[VladTepes]

A few more I love:

"You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON."

    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

"Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful."
     
    ― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

The human brain cannot deal with "DON'T" or "DO NOT".
For us to imagine not doing something we must first imagine doing it, then we have to imagine not doing it.  It easily confuses the brain so we ignore the instruction Don't or Do Not and just do it.  Try telling a kid not to do something.

"Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."

    ― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time