It is possibly worth mentioning at this point that Mr. Young thought that paparazzi was a kind of Italian linoleum.

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.

If you can't climb a tree, shake it, and its fruit will fall.

When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think.

If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members

The automotive corporations, including Ford, I think are in the business of trying to make cars that people will drive.

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.

I live in the garden; I just sleep in the house.

Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.

What's the point of cleaning up your act if you don't have an act?

I know this sounds ridiculous but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that does not turn me on.