I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.

I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.

When much is taken, something is returned.

I think that sick people in Ankh-Morpork generally go to a vet. It's generally a better bet. There's more pressure on a vet to get it right. People say "it was god's will" when granny dies, but they get angry when they lose a cow.

In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.