Terry Pratchett Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for." I have no idea about its authenticity.

  Terry Pratchett

  Ideas, Giving, Interesting

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Use, Authority

• Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.” “Sir?” “That’s practically zen.

  Terry Pratchett

  Authority, Used, Streaks

  Terry Pratchett (1996). “Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld”, Harper Prism

• Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned.

  Terry Pratchett

  Grease, Guilt, Wheels

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Small Gods: (Discworld Novel 13)”, p.63, Random House

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