Ridcully Quotes

• Ridcully was to management what King Herod was to the Bethlehem Playgroup Association.

  Terry Pratchett

  Kings, Association, Management

  Terry Pratchett (1998). “The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel”, Harpercollins

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• Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

  Terry Pratchett

  Real, Stupidity, Discworld

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)”, p.215, Random House

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• In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

  Terry Pratchett

  Humorous, Science, Lords And Ladies

  "Lords and Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, www.theguardian.com. 1992.

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• Poetry contains almost all you need to know about life.

  Josephine Hart

  Needs, Knows

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• The sign, which says: "Do not, under any circumstances, open this door!" - Of course, I've read it. Why do you think I want it opened?.. To see why they wanted it shut, of course. This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization. At least, those bits of it that are now under the sea, fenced off or still smoking.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Sea, Civilization

  "Hogfather". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1996.

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• Using a metaphor in front of a man as unimaginative as Ridcully was like a red flag to a bu... was like putting something very annoying in front of someone who was annoyed by it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Men, Red Flags, Annoyed

  "Lords And Ladies". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1992.

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• Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari.

  Terry Pratchett

  Cities, Tyrants, Democracy

  Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2015). “Unseen Academicals”, p.13, Oberon Books

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• I would like permission to fetch a note from my mother, sir' Ridcully sighed. 'Rincewind, you once informed me, to my everlasting puzzlement, that you never knew your mother because she ran away before you were born. Distinctly remember writing it down in my diary. Would you like another try?' 'Permission to go and find my mother?'

  Terry Pratchett

  Mother, Writing, Trying

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