Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.

Belief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But it can create someone who can. People get exactly the wrong idea about belief. They think it works back to front. They think the sequence is, first object, then belief. In fact, it works the other way.

The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.

The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.

The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at.

Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go backwards through the 'begats' and the Garden of Eden, and you start thinking, 'Hang on, that's a big punishment for eating one lousy apple... There's a human-rights issue.'