Top 32 Lipwig Quotes
#1. Only an academic could state the obvious and pass it off as wisdom." -Moist Von Lipwig (T.P., Going Postal)
Terry Pratchett
#2. You don't get what you do for him. You're like his manic pixie dream girl or something." Jamie thought for a second. "Actually, more like his psychotic demon nightmare thing, but whatever. You get my point.
Michelle Hodkin
#3. it seemed to Igor that trouble hit Mr. Lipwig like a big wave hitting a flotilla of ducks. Afterward, there was no wave but there was still a lot of duck. "It
Terry Pratchett
#4. It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.
Vincent De Paul
#5. She smiled at him, and bits of Moist tingled.
'Well, off you go then, Mr Lipwig,' she said. 'Brighten up the world like a little sunbeam.
Terry Pratchett
#6. Arriving at the scene of a suicide or domestic dispute made him feel a little less alien, as though seeing others in the throes of suffering dissipated his own distress.
Ania Ahlborn
#7. Life is like a chess. The most important is being a player not a figure. It doesn't matter you will win or lose.
Me
#8. But Angel and I both know that one day Lunar will want to kick; he will want to live and be what he is supposed to be.
Sarah Lean
#9. Making money is good, but there's no pockets in a shroud.
Terry Pratchett
#10. Mr Lipwig, there's a lady in the hall to see you and we've thanked her for not smoking three times and she's still doing it!
Terry Pratchett
#11. It appears, Mister Lipwig, that you do not understand the nature of our relationship. I ask, very politely, for you to achieve something, bearing in mind that there are other ways I could ask, and it is your job to get things done.
Terry Pratchett
#12. Students, eh? Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't hit them with a shovel!
Terry Pratchett
#13. Mister Lipwig, the world lives between those who say it cannot be done and those who say that it can. And in my experience, those who say that it can be done are usually telling the truth. It's just a matter of thinking creatively.
Terry Pratchett
#14. Never promise to do the possible. Anyone could do the possible. You should promise to do the impossible, because sometimes the impossible was possible, if you could find the right way, and at least you could often extend the limits of the possible. And if you failed, well, it had been impossible.
Terry Pratchett
#15. We can't just drop everything, sir!"
"Mister Lipwig. Is there something in the word 'tyrant' you do not understand?
Terry Pratchett
#16. I have to ask, sir ... Why does it have to be done like this?"
Vetinari smiled. "Can you keep a secret, Mister Lipwig?"
"Oh, yes, sir. I've kept lots."
"Capital. And the point is, so can I. You do not need to know.
Terry Pratchett
#17. Doesn't this place give you the creeps? You could perhaps do something with some floral wallpaper and a fire-bomb.
Terry Pratchett
#18. Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
Felix Frankfurter
#20. How could you leave me when I needed to possess you? I hated you, I loved you too
Kate Bush
#21. Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened.
Patrice Motsepe
#22. It is not proven that Elizabeth's person equilibrium was set off balance by the slant of the office floor, nor could it be proven that it was Elizabeth who pushed the building off its foundations, but it is undeniable that they began to slip at about the same time.
Shirley Jackson
#23. Quite amazing, isn't it, Mister Lipwig?' he said cheerfully through the smoke. 'Though isn't it a pity that they can only run on rails? I can't imagine what the world would be like if everyone had their own steam locomotive. Abominable.
Terry Pratchett
#24. When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
Eberhard Weber
#25. Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
Josh Billings
#26. Moist groaned. It was the crack of seven and he was allergic to the concept of two seven o'clocks in one day.
Terry Pratchett
#28. Mr. Lipwig, this morning you had no experience at all of being dead, and yet but for my intervention you would nevertheless have turned out to be extremely good at it," said Lord Vetinari sharply. "It just goes to show: you never know until you try.
Terry Pratchett
#29. Our dollars are not pure gold, though, are they?" "Aha, yes. Gold-colored, Mr. Lipwig," said Bent. "Less gold than seawater. Gold-ish. We adulterated our own currency! Infamy! There can be no greater crime!" His eye twitched again. "Er ... murder?" Moist ventured.
Terry Pratchett
#30. Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Mary Wortley Montagu
#31. Moist had seen the Falls before and that's just what they were ... falls. Pretty good falls by the standard of falls, but once you'd looked at them for a few minutes undoubtedly someone would say; 'Where can we get a coffee around here?
Terry Pratchett
#32. Keeping a smile on your lips even when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.
Paulo Coelho
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