It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimers you are an old fart. Thats how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone. – Terry Pratchett
The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop. – Terry Pratchett
They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but its not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. – Terry Pratchett
There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. Ive been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony. – Terry Pratchett
The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain lifes origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program. – Paul Davies
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance – the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace. – Richard Cobden