Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the top.")

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.

May we eat only foods that nourish us and prevent illnes.. May we accept this food for the realization of the way of understanding and love.

to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.

Magnus gazed upon Camille. "Some of my fondest memories include lashings of cream and beautiful women.

The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.

We are all expressions of our own minds, projected onto the world.

It's not easy, you know, hitting balls every day, and, you know, staying really motivated throughout the whole period. It's normal you're going to have ups and downs.

Im not a bad guy. People who know me know who I am.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

Now. Now is the most important time of all of your young lives. And what does now stand for - N-O-W? No Other Way. That's the only time - NOW!

I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.