Blessings be on this house, " Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.

People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.

Progress just means bad things happen faster.

Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.

Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.

Where's the pleasure in bein' the winner if the loser ain't alive to know they've lost?

Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.

A mirror can contain the reflection of the whole universe, a whole skyful of stars in a piece of silvered glass no thicker than a breath.

Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because—what with trolls and dwarfs and so on—speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.

The invisible people knew that happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in.

You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage.

He's like Super Librarian, y'know? Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon.

No nation is ever taller than when on its knees.

Human beings make mistakes, so we all make mistakes and wrong decisions. Being able to make a decision and act upon it is not gender specific.

Never say you know the last word about any human heart.

Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the eyes of birds when we wish them to sing?

Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!

Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.

Short-cuts lead to long delays.

Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.

I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.