Terry Pratchett, Night Watch Quotes
Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.
In the words of the philosopher Sceptum, the founder of my profession: am I going to get paid for this?
No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know!" the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?""What?""Oh, you'd like something simpler?
I get it, ' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?'If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth?
People are content to wait a long time for salvation, but expect dinner to turn up within the hour.
Mums are mums, lance-constable. They don't like to see men managing by themselves, in case that sort of thing catches on.
