The time spent on any item of the agenda [of a finance committee] will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

Fear and loathing, my man, fear and loathing.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.

"We're not talking about the same thing," he said. "For you the world is weird because if you're not bored with it you're at odds with it. For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to

"Listen to what I say, not what I mean. I mean ...."