Terry Pratchett Brain Quotations

I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's.

I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do,' but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.

It is a popular fact that nine-tenths of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. Not even the most stupid Creator would go to the trouble of making the human head carry around several pounds of unnecessary gray goo if its only real purpose was, for example, to serve as a delicacy for certain remote tribesmen in unexplored valleys.

Your own brain ought to have the decency to be on your side!

Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.

The brain works fast when it thinks it’s about to be cut in half.

You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day.

Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way. It's good for the hygiene of the brain.

Creatures which, lacking mankind's superior brain power, did not concern themselves with finding someone to blame, and instead tried to find someone to eat.