TerrybotOne day, if he could master GCSE maths and reliably pick up a soldering iron by the end that wasn't hot, he was going to be a Big Man in computers.
Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind
- "The other humans around it are trying to explain to it what a planet is."
- "Doesn't it know?"
- "Many humans don't. Mistervicepresident is one of them."
Terry Pratchett, Wings
One day a tortoise will learn how to fly.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.
Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
I've always thought the Patrician is a party animal. Can you imagine waking up next day and remembering all those witty things you said and did, and then realising that he was listening?
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett
"Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a *proper* exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean."
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at."
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
"Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs."
Susan, the ultimate sensible governess
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
They may have been ugly. they may have been evil. But when it came to poetry in motion, the Things had all the grace and coordination of a deck-chair.
Meet the creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions
Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
"Stuck? You're an *alien*," said Johnny. "Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact."
Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind