Lancre Discworld Quotes & Sayings

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed. — Poppy Z. Brite

where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed self-evident wisdom*
*Made it up
and extrapolated from associated sources** **had read a lot of stuff that other people had made up, too. — Terry Pratchett

What have they done to your poor arm?' - Holly
'Oh, don't worry, it's just a graze.' - Lucy
'I'm talking about the bandages. That's simply the most incompetent bit of first aid I've ever seen. Lockwood, George - how much dressing did you use? — Jonathan Stroud

In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle. — Euclid

Most American Hispanics don't belong to one race, either. I keep telling kids that, when filling out forms, they should put "yes" to everything - yes, I am Chinese; yes, I am African; yes, I am white; yes, I am a Pacific Islander; yes, yes, yes - just to befuddle the bureaucrats who think we live separately from one another. — Richard Rodriguez

If I could communicate only by words on a page, how much more satisfactory I would be! — Lynn Barber

There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage. — Neve Campbell

You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don't grab the right ideas or don't know what to do with them. — Charlie Munger