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.

It's either because of the number of times the scholar puts the boot into Peter Jackson the director of The Lord of the Rings films or is making a point they have never heard of.

And the new day was a great big fish.

Humans need fantasy in order to be human.

People are bound to get excited when they see a ten-million-ton starship trying to fly down the street.

Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce.

Give anyone a lever long enough and they can change the world. It's unreliable levers that are the problem.