“Yes," I said. "My name is seven-five-nine-nine-three-nine-ex-dash-one. Junior.”

“IVYes, I have a thousand tongues,And nine and nighty-nine lie.Though I strive to use the one,It will make no melody at my will, But is dead in my mouth.”

“I was nine minutes late for my last birthday party. And I was nine months on time for my first birthday.”

“The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine times out of a trillion it is much simpler and more effective just to take the thing away and do without it.”

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

“I’m hitting the sack”“Are you twenty-nine or sixty-nine?”The devilish dimples appeared. “Twenty-nine with a sixty-nine waiting at home”