31 'Good Omens' Quotes From The Book And The TV Series

Deepthi Reddy
Dec 12, 2023 By Deepthi Reddy
Originally Published on Jan 29, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
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'Good Omens' is a fantasy novel written by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

World Fantasy Awards considered the nomination of the novel 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'. The novel was released in 1990 in the fantasy, horror, and comedy genre.

An angel-Aziphrale and a demon-Crowley from heaven and hell become accustomed and comfortable with humans. Realizing that Apocalypse will arrive and an antichrist would trigger it, they find ways to locate the antichrist. An 11-year-old boy who grows up in Lower Tadfield is the antichrist and doesn't know about his powers. Will the 11-year-old be able to initiate the Apocalypse? How does he come to know about it? Will he stop it? The rest of the story continues.

Interesting plot and a thin storyline inspired authors to take this novel to a TV series. In 2017, Michael Sheen and David Tennant were roped in to be cast as Aziphrale and Crowley respectively. 'Good Omens' show was released on Amazon Prime Video on 31 May 2019. Later, there were many speculations about a new sequel to the show, yet to be announced.

Here we bring you some amazing, funny, and beautiful quotes from 'Good Omens' that will make your day. If you wish to read more classic quotes, you may want to check out our  1984 telescreen quotes and 'A Grief Observed' quotes.
 

Funny 'Good Omens' Quotes By Crowley

Crowley, who is cast into Hell, is part of the Fallen Angels and is asked to cause problems. He tempts Adam and Eve to eat fruit from the 'Tree of Knowledge'. Crowley is not sure if he has done the right thing, speaks to Aziphrale, and convinces him to give Adam a shining sword. The sequence of events that follow, makes 'Good Omens' a fun watch. Here we bring some Crowley quotes from 'Good Omens'-TV Series.

1."A demon can get into real trouble, doing the right thing. He nudged the angel. 'Funny if we both got it wrong, eh? Funny if I did the good thing and you did the bad one, eh?'."

-Crowley.

2."Still a demon? What kind of dumb question is that? What else am I going to be? An aardvark?!"

-Crowley.

3." So we are both working very hard in damp places and just canceling each other out."

-Crowley.

4." And after a thousand years it goes and does it all again."

-Crowley.

5."Is it my fault they never checkup? I'm to blame they never checkup?"

-Crowley.

6. "I felt it. Would I lie to you?"

-Crowley.

Neil Gaiman Quotes From The Book

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Few books quotes from Neil Gaiman's original work - 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch' were scripted to suit the television audience. Now that you have read a few funny tv-series quotes, here we bring a few beautiful 'Good Omens' quotes from the original book, which are sure to make you revisit it and enjoy a read.

7."Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that."

― Neil Gaiman.

8."She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close."

― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.

9."An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards."

― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.

10.“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

― Neil Gaiman.

11."Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them."

― Neil Gaiman.

12." 'You're Hell's Angels, then? What chapter are you from?'

'REVELATIONS. CHAPTER SIX."

― Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett.

13."You don't have to test everything to destruction just to see if you made it right."

― Neil Gaiman.

14."Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right."

― Neil Gaiman.

15."Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity."

― Neil Gaiman.

Famous Terry Pratchett Quotes

Terry Pratchett was a humorist, fantasy author, and satirist of the 1990s.  Apart from 'Good Omens' he also authored several other books, including Discworld, Nation, and The Nome Trilogy. Here is a short compilation of other famous quotes from Terry Pratchett.

16."What is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?'Death thought about it.CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE."

― Terry Pratchett, 'Sourcery'.

17."It's useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one."

-Terry Pratchett.

18."Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."

― Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather'.

19."The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."

― Terry Pratchett, 'Diggers'.

20.“When in doubt, choose to live.”

― Terry Pratchett, 'Thief of Time'.

21.“What can the harvest hope for, if not for the care of the Reaper Man?”

― Terry Pratchett, 'Reaper Man'.

22.“Even a really bad creator would at least have started with Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Surprise.”

― Terry Pratchett.

23.“It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”

― Terry Pratchett, 'Men at Arms'.

24.“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”

-Terry Pratchett.

25.“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”

-Terry Pratchett.

26.“Personal isn't the same as important.”

—Terry Pratchett, 'Men at Arms'.

Humorous Aziraphale Quotes From 'Good Omens'

Aziraphale is an Angel in the 'Good Omens' book. A series of conversations with Crowley, as follows, generate good laughs.

27."Oh well, let me tempt you to... Oh, no, that's, that's your job, isn't it."

-Aziraphale.

28."Oh, it's a new cologne. My barber suggested it."

-Aziraphale.

29."Get thee behind me, foul fiend."

-Aziraphale.

30."Yes, but you told them you invented the Spanish Inquisition and started the Second World War."

-Aziraphale.

31."Well, that was scrumptious. What are you in the mood for now?"

-Aziraphale.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 31 'Good Omens' Quotes, then why not take a look at Zootopia quotes, or Yeats quotes.

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Written by Deepthi Reddy

Master of Business Administration

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Deepthi ReddyMaster of Business Administration

With an MBA under her belt, Deepthi has discovered her true calling in content writing. Her writing repertoire is diverse, covering travel, movies, pet care, parenting, animals and birds, and more. Her joy of learning and creating has helped her craft well-written and engaging articles. When she isn't writing, Deepthi enjoys exploring new cultures, trying different foods, and spending quality time with her two children aged 7 and 12.

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