Richard Willis

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

“Remember the transatlantic phone calls, usually made at Christmas, which were a matter of a vast sum of money and a lot of technical negotiation? And then we spent a lot of time saying, “It’s dark here, is it dark where you are?” and marvelled at the fact that you could have two times at the same time. But recently I rang home while walking through Perth, Australia, to check that the cat was okay. I just dialled the number. It wasn’t very exciting. I didn’t even ask if it was dark.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction

“Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!”
― George Bernard Shaw

“The first time I met Chanda, I was in my office. I heard her coming from all the way down the hall. Angry women walk with purpose. Doesn’t matter what kind of shoes they wear, or how long their legs are, or anything that mundane. There’s a message in how they walk, and it says: Help me or get out of my way.”
― K.B. Spangler, The Dinosaur Heist