...Roland de Chumsfanleigh (it wasn't his fault).

This is space. It's sometimes called the final frontier. (Except that of course you can't have a final frontier, because there'd be nothing for it to be a frontier to, but as frontiers go, it's pretty penultimate . . .)

Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy that eluded him at the moment.

For example, the dwarfs found out how to turn lead into gold by doing it the hard way. The difference between that and the easy way is that the hard way works.

I've never really liked the Yanks. ... You can't trust people who pick up the ball all the time when they play football.

I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse. "Right you are, sir!" said the sergeant. "Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall!" He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: "But not too hard!

Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man.