Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Geez, what do I need to do, use semaphore? I told you I was unclaimed.

I studied mathematics which is the madness of reason.

Let anger's fire be slow to burn.

I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like strong projects, big music.

To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

If it's time to let go, JUST LET GO. You can't carry on through life with extra weight on your conscience.

The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.

Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.

Next year [2017], we are going to hold a series of events there that we would like to call Russian Seasons [in Japan]. Over 40 different activities - and what is more, in different cities.