I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!

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.

Do not allow yourself to act according to the flesh

It eases my soul that I share a house with [Cassandra King] a novelist of such rare and distinctive gifts.

People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever

We have reduced the understanding of prayers to incantations.

Man is not himself only...He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources...He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of its valleys.

I'm a very, very proud Canadian, and having the privilege to represent my country on the international level was the highlight of my 18-year career.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

I love the idea of a super villain that doesn't wear a cape, that doesn't wear a super suit.

A great product isn't just a collection of features. It's how it all works together.

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.