“The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.”

“I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you're believing in gods. And then you're in trouble.""But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg."That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.”

“The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.”

“The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”

“Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think.”

“Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?”

“You did what you were told or you didn't get paid, and if things went wrong it wasn't your problem. It was the fault of whatever idiot has accepted this message for sending in the first place. No one cared about you, and everyone at headquarters was an idiot. It wasn't your fault, no one listened to you. Headquarters had even started an Employee of the Month scheme to show how much they cared. That was how much they didn't care.”