Favourite Terry Pratchett Quotes?

[Quotage]

Hi guys

Recently we have launched a new online quotes resource at quotabl.es and would love to get some Terry Pratchett fans involved, as the great man has said so many incredible things throughout his life that deserve to be heard by more people.

Terry Pratchett quotes already added can be found here: http://quotabl.es/quotes/by/1401

We'd be honoured for you guys to add to this rapidly expanding site - you can rank and submit your quotes, tag them, add information, choose favourites - we're hoping it will become like a wikipedia for quotes.

Of course submissions are not limited by any kind of genre or author, so have a look around and see what its all about. (I think the Douglas Adams quotes could do with beefing up too!)

Cheers, and hope to hear from you - dont hesitate to ask any q's, Pm me or reply here!

 

[Tonyblack]

Welcome to the site!

Sounds like an interesting project.

 

[rose2]

i'm new to but welcome to the site anyway! This isn't so good but I'm feeling stupid, what about "Million-to-one chances crop up 9 times out of 10"

 

[Tonyblack]

See my signature.

Another Pratchett quote I had recently as a signature was:

SCIENCE: A way of finding things out and then making them work. Science explains what is happening around us all the time. So does RELIGION, but science is better because it comes up with more understandable excuses when it's wrong.

 

[Dotsie]

I like my sig (which is of course also Terry). But he does do some cracking science ones.

 

[deldaisy]

No No No.... how can such a quotable man have so few quotes on that site? I find myself quoting TP inadvertantly all the time. At least I can now give those heathens who know not of Terry a taste of his wit.

 

[bikkit]

"NO,THERE IS NO MORE TIME, EVEN FOR CAKE. FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE"

death+cake= EPIC

 

[Tonyblack]

I quote him too. My mother was watching a nature documentary about antelopes being killed by lions and she commented: "Nature is so cruel." To which I responded: "No wonder they call her a mother!"

It didn't exactly go down well.

And I'm convinced that one day Pratchett fans will suffer serious injuries when someone shouts "DUCK!" and instead of ducking, they say "what duck?"

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I quote him too. My mother was watching a nature documentary about antelopes being killed by lions and she commented: "Nature is so cruel." To which I responded: "No wonder they call her a mother!"

It didn't exactly go down well.

And I'm convinced that one day Pratchett fans will suffer serious injuries when someone shouts "DUCK!" and instead of ducking, they say "what duck?"

Then they can blame Mr. Harkin for that.

 

[michelanCello]

I often use the gravity quote. ("Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake of" )

 

[The rat]

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?

 

[Anonymous]

"NO,THERE IS NO MORE TIME, EVEN FOR CAKE. FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE"

death+cake= EPIC

i love this one,too!!

 

[The Mad Collector]

I like one of his comments on alt.fan'pratchett

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.

My dream holiday would be

a) a ticket to Amsterdam
b) immunity from prosecution and
c) a baseball bat

 

[michelanCello]

 

[Crivens!]

This was from back in the days of yore, on alt.fan.pratchett

I still remember it and it makes me smile.

Sep 2 2006, 4:21 am
In message <1157155580.814414.156...@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
Pighooey <pigho...@ici.net> writes
>Now, what I don't know about Pagans could literally fill volumes, but
>surely they existed before the Discworld? And does anyone know if they
>returned whatever it was they borrowed?


No, they bloody didn't. I went round to see them the other day, I said
"Hey, you pagans, where's that piece of spiritual insight I lent you
last week!" and they laughed in my face. And I know they've got it,
because I saw their lad using it to mend his motorbike. They've still
got the lawnmower, too.
--
Terry Pratchett

 

[deldaisy]