Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.

Oh dear me, the Booker people don't like me. I don't care. I have been given an award for being taken not seriously, and I am very, very pleased about that.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often students, for heaven's sake.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up after them.