Terry Pratchett, Making Money Quotes
The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.
Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.
He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.
. . . you worked for Harry King, they said, because a broken leg was bad for business, and Harry King was all about business.
The money… will talk?' said Mr Spools carefully.'Imps, ' said Moist. 'They're only a sort of intelligent spell. They don't even have to have a shape. We'll print them on the higher denominations.
Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.
But what's worth more than gold?""Practically everything. You, for example. Gold is heavy. Your weight in gold is not very much gold at all. Aren't you worth more than that?