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Samizdata slogan of the day

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A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
– Terry Pratchett, The Truth

July 11th, 2004 |

13 comments to Samizdata slogan of the day

  • LuminaT
    July 12, 2004 at 3:41 am

    That’s an awesome quote.

  • Tom Ferguson
    July 12, 2004 at 6:47 am

    Wasn’t that Mark Twain?

  • fnyser
    July 12, 2004 at 10:05 am

    wasn’t it Churchill?

  • atlas
    July 12, 2004 at 10:44 am

    It was Fred Flintstone!

  • W
    July 12, 2004 at 11:05 am

    D’you suppose that would explain Mikey Moore’s success?

  • R C Dean
    July 12, 2004 at 2:44 pm

    That very same book (and I am working my way through the whole ouvre as fast as I can – they are a blast!) has one of my favorite quotes, which I will have to look up to get exactly right. Something along the lines of how just because something is factual doesn’t mean it is truthful.

  • Perry de Havilland
    July 12, 2004 at 2:50 pm

    Don’t be daft, Atlas! Everyone knows Fred Flintstone never saw anyone with boots on!

  • Shirley Knott
    July 12, 2004 at 4:07 pm

    I’ve always been partial to
    The truth may be out there, but lies are in your head.

    Pratchett — a real treasure. Long may he write!

    Shirley Knott

  • Dr. Bryce Collards
    July 12, 2004 at 4:21 pm

    A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
    – This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”

  • B. Durbin
    July 12, 2004 at 7:34 pm

    There’s always these Pratchett quotes:
    “I must confess the the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occured to him.”

    “I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is.”

    “One of the highlights of the first Good Omens tour was Neil and I walking through New York singing Shoehorn with Teeth. Well, we’d had a good breakfast. And you don’t get mugged, either.”

    “I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”

    http://www.ie.lspace.org/books/pqf/alt-fan-pratchett.html

  • David Gillies
    July 12, 2004 at 7:50 pm

    One of my faves is from Lords and Ladies (paraphrasing):

    “There’s the easy way and the hard way. The hard way’s pretty hard, but not so hard as the easy way.”

    Isn’t that a perfect summation of the danger of people who refuse to admit we’re fighting a war right now?

  • David Gillies
    July 13, 2004 at 12:13 am

    Here’s another great one, from Pyramids:

    “Look into the face of a man who will kill you for a belief and your nostrils will snuff up the scent of abomination. Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, your ears should catch the clink of evil’s scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the purity of the language.”

  • P
    October 12, 2005 at 11:01 pm

    The truth walks slowly, but eventually he’ll catch you! Hehe 🙂

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