“And this title, retired Major Ryland, gives you authority over my MasterCard?”
“.....there's a stinking huge difference between influence and the authority you get with a title. Any dolt can stumble into a title.....Lots of people with big-sounding titles have people under them listening only because they have to.”
“My parents didn't raise me to be religious. The closest we come to worship is the Trinity of Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.”
“You do not question an author who appears on the title page as "T.V.N. Persaud, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.Path. (Lond.), F.F.Path. (R.C.P.I.), F.A.C.O.G.”
“Hell, yeah, Ryland. Man up and carpe girl.”
“CUSTOMER: I read a book in the sixties. I don’t remember the author, or the title. But it was green, and it made me laugh. Do you know which one I mean?”