My take on Interesting Times by Sir Terry Pratchett himself

I'm feeling politically incorrect today...before I scoot off to work.

Interesting Times

Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy). [1] The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise What I Did On My Holidays. [2] Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. [3]

There is a curse. 

They say: 

May You Live in Interesting Times

[Intro]

I say: We're already living in one. Shit happens=Everybody's Shit outta Luck.

According to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle, chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.
[p. 12]

I say: That's how revolutions work, my friends. Still I don't remember most of them having lasting success on the people's front after victory achieved. 

Natural selection saw to it that professional heroes who at a crucial moment tended to ask themselves questions like "What is my purpose in life?" very quickly lacked both.

I say: Someone should just create a space in the Oxford dictionary for the term "professional hero". Not that I truly know what it means though. I'm right now rushing  for time. :S

The Emperor had all the qualifications for a corpse except, as it were, the most vital one.

I say: That's why revolutions were won in the history itself, my friends (refer to Ly Tin Weedle's part).

"I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It's never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting "Forward, brave comrades!" you'll see he's the one behind the bloody big rock and the one wearing the only really arrow-proof helmet!"

 -Rincewind gives a speech on politics. (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)

I say: There's a famous saying that goes something like "you know a politician is lying when you see the lips moving".

Many an ancient lord's last words had been, "You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh."

-Magic armour is not all it's cracked up to be.

I say: Muammar Gaddaffi died because of this. Apparently, his people should be his magic armour.

'They're the cream!'
Rincewind sighed.
'Cohen, they're the cheese.'
[p. 88, or 7a7a]

I say: Elitism, thy name is thou suck.

'Luck is my middle name,' said Rincewind, indistinctly. 'Mind you, my first name is Bad.'
[p. 102]

I say: We all have our lot in life. More often that not, shit luck follows our backsides.

'Long Live The Changing Things To A More Equitable State While Retaining Due Respect For The Traditions Of Our Forebears And Of Course Not Harming The August Personage Of The Emperor Endeavour!'
[p. 103, revolution in Agatean]

I say: Is that being said by Borat himself?

'It's a lovely morning, lads,' he said. 'I feel like a million dollars. Don't you?'
There was a murmur of reluctant agreement.
'Good,' said Cohen. 'Let's go and get some.'
[p. 115}

I say: Do not goad a poor man who can afford to laugh at himself. More often than not, you might be dumber than you look depending on your decisions in life.

'I'll tell you this!' shouted Rincewind. 'I'd rather trust me than history! Oh, shit, did I just say that?'
[p. 155]

I say: Hypocrisy starts with personal stupidity. Only a chosen few can truly utilize it against the rest.

'Pcharn'kov!' Footnote: 'Your feet shall be cut off and be buried several yards from your body so your ghost won't walk.'
[p. 159]

I say: You won't see a superstitious fella laughing at this. Which means I must have been someone far worse.

'They say that whoever pays the piper calls the tune.'
'But, gentlemen,' said Mr Saveloy, 'whoever holds a knife to the piper's throat writes the symphony.'
[p. 171]

I say: Is it any wonder that Ronald Saveloy's nickname is "Teach"? A certain abang pak-cik told me that there's a difference between a clever person and an intelligent person. Just don't ask me which end I belong to. We all know what happened to Ronald "Teach" Saveloy. DX

'Have you lost your senses?'
'Yes, but I may have found some better ones.'
[p. 276, Six Beneficent Winds and Mr Saveloy]

I say: Don't we all love that experience called life?

'If you sow dragons' teeth, you should get dragons. Not fighting skeletons. What did it say on the packet?'
'I don't know! The myth never said anything about them coming in a packet!'
'Should have said "Comes up Dragons" on the packet.'
[p. 315, Caleb and Mr Saveloy argue about the Argonauts]

I say: Rules are to be obeyed, not worshiped.

'I thought we could do it without anyone getting hurt. By using our brains.'
'Can't. History don't work like that. Blood first, then brains.'
'Mountains of skulls,' said Truckle.
'There's got to be a better way than fighting,' said Mr Saveloy.
'Yep. Lots of 'em. Only none of 'em work.'
[p. 325, Cohen's historical philosophy]

I say: Amazingly enough, tactics and strategy involve brainwork as well. The scariest part? Blood and brains follow soon after. X.X

'Oh, I never play to win.' She smiled. 'But I do play not to lose.'
[p. 346, the Lady explains her philosophy]

I say: If you can put forth such words, it means you're either totally off your rocker or you're too laidback to even bother about things that can't be changed.

P.S: Credit should go to Super Freakonomics. Now if only I can finish that damned book despite years after buying it. But at least I know it takes just 10 seconds of lapse to create a major disaster in any given surgery.

[1]: Weirdly enough, Tom Clancy might have been honoured here.
[2]: There are two ways to go on a holiday. Either in private or in the news.
[3]: There's a famous term called "swing states". It's the bane of every political media.