Terry Pratchett

A novelist.

1. Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

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2. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day.
   Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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3. Do unto others before they do unto you.

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4. In the beginning, there was nothing.
   Then, it exploded.

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5. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.
   That is true; it's called Life.

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6. Style, beauty, grace: that's what matters.
   If cats looked like frogs, we'd realize what nasty, cruel, little bastards they are.

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7. The pen is mightier than the sword.
   If the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

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8. They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
   But it's not one half as bad as a lot of ignorance.

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10. He was the sort of person who stands on mountaintops, during thunderstorms, in wet copper armour, shouting “All the Gods are bastards.”.
    [Referring to the character Twoflower, in the novel “The Colour of Magic”.]

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11. My programming language was solder.
    [On his early computers.]

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