If you have let pride get the better of you, then you have already lost, but if you grab pride by the scruff of the neck and ride it like a stallion, then you may have already won.
Terry PratchettMaybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.
Terry PratchettTruthfully, without over-egging it, as I often do, the library and journalism, those things made me who I am.
Terry PratchettA lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds of visible and invisible signs that say, 'Do not do this' in the hope that it'll work, but if it doesn't, then they shrug, because there is, really, no real mallet at all.
Terry Pratchett