Terrybot1) I have never waved a hankie in anger 2) I do not peronally know any Morris dancers 3) But Morris dancing is kind of funny and weird at the same time.
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett
No matter what she did with her hair it took about three minutes for it to tangle itself up again, like a garden hosepipe in a shed [Which, no matter how carefully coiled, will always uncoil overnight and tie the lawnmower to the bicycles].
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
- "You pay for it before you eat it? What happens if it's dreadful?"
- "That's why."
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
If Not You, Who Else?
Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind
One 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