I feel the pressure of the future and in this turning world must either kill it or become its master.

And the people of Ankh-Morpork are so thirsty for novelty that the whole city is, you might say, hurrying the future along for the sheer joy of watching its progress.

Plans can break down. You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.

Нещата винаги са били по-добри някога, а не сега. Това е в природата им.