Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces.

Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in politics.

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do.

Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them.

When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry.

It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.

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