Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.

Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for your salvation. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to murder you.

When I said that the mentally ill should be in institutions, public universities weren't the kind of institutions I had in mind.

Envy is the root of the egalitarian ethos.

One of the most annoying habits of liberals is their tendency to confuse their political agenda with moral virtue.

One of the easiest things in the world to do is to tell other people how to raise their children. This is especially easy if you have no children of your own.

Idle minds are the devil's research-and-development department.

Having daughters tends to help a guy get in touch with his inner social conservative.

No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.

I'll love you to ruins.

Enforcement isn’t about big government or small government. It’s about whether government works and who it works for.

I had always assumed that the right way to do it was to these engineers, put them in offices by themselves with doors that they could close so they could think deep thoughts. This is a terrible idea.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of many a kingdom.

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

A business can be started with very little money.

A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce.