As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

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.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

You must endure long enough to be victorious.

The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one.

The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you.

Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays.

Each of us has our own specific vocation, a sacred journey prepared by the Creator of the universe.

We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is direct knowledge. That is truth. Anything else is mere words.

It's important to realize that the images are everywhere, not just where you want or expect them to be.

Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.

In the future, all cities will be distinguished by one thing only. The nature of their enthusiasm.

Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.