Terry Pratchett Quotes About Observation

Quotes about: Observation

• A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him? I make no suggestion that one side or other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.

  Terry Pratchett

  Believe, Years, Suggestions

• Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise.

  Terry Pratchett

  Goal, Meticulous, Observation

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.7, Random House

• Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenerey that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous. Quaint, when used to describe the occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-ridden and tumbledown. Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, mean 'idiot'.

  Terry Pratchett

  Mean, Tourists, Use

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)”, p.101, Random House

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