Discworld (and maybe some Good Omens)

It has recently come to my attention that I love Sir Terry Pratchett! I know that that may sound really weird and perhaps overdone but I honestly didn't know the extent of my mania toward Discworld till I found myself reading quotes form the books at four in the morning. But seriously, if you were reading them, you wouldn't be able to tear yourself away either. I'm not sure if it's his style of writing, the targets of his satire, or just how he combines all these elements into a plot with interesting and likable characters but something about Discworld just draws me in.

And not to keep you all up till four in the morning too... here are some quotes from both the Discworld books as well as Good Omens (written by Sir Pratchett as well as Neil Gaiman):


"Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs."
           -- Susan, the ultimate sensible governess (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)

"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
           -- Bursar 1 - Hex 0 (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)

A number of religions in Ankh-Morpork still practiced human sacrifice, except that they didn't really need to practice any more because they had got so good at it.
           -- (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!)

The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.
           -- (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yo, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select.
           -- (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot".
           -- (Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic)

Sister Mary headed through the night-time hospital with the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan and Lord of Darkness safely in her arms. She found a bassinet and laid him down in it. He gurgled. She gave him a tickle.
           -- The antichrist is born (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens)



I'm not sure how he specifically relates to goverment and economics but this does... sort-of...
Stock... Futures... Pork? 


"Pork Futures Warehouse was…one of those things, the sort that you get in a city that has lived with magic for too long. The occult reasoning, if such it could be called, was this: pork was an important commodity in the city. Future pork, possibly even pork as yet unborn, was routinely traded by the merchants. Therefore, it had to exist somewhere. And the Pork Futures Warehouse came into existence, icy cold within as the pork drifted backwards in time"
           -- (Terry Pratchett, Thud)



My source and possably yours as well: http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/index.html