The worst thing you can do is nothing.

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.

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.

Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.

And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.

When I design a car, I want people to look at it and go, 'Wow, that's kind of interesting, ' and do a second take.

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery.

Familiar life, tending to sordidness, had been succeeded by remote life, generally idealized; historical detail had been brought in to teach readers who were being entertained.

A work of art is said to be perfect in proportion as it does not remind the spectator of the process by which it was created.

If we (Lauren and Jim) ever get married, we're just going to put helmets on, run into each other from a hundred yards, and smash together like rams

To say "no" is painful, but much better than a "yes" that brings regrets.

Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music.

There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.