“Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.”

“…Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently?What do you mean, odd?'Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of normalcy. An occurrence of unprecedented weird.”

“Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon.”

“I shouldn't believe anything I say, if I were you-and that includes what I just told you.”

“There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.”

“What's with the "iMagic" name change?' I said without preamble.'Industrial Magic was a bit of a mouthful,' he explained. 'Besides, putting an "i"in front of anything makes it more hip and current.”

“Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea.”