"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

Camillo DiCavour
Courtesy Tom Marshall via the seattlewireless DL

"There are two ways of explaining something. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. Just like programming."

Tren Griffin, personal communication, 22 Oct 2003