As a matter of fact is an expression that precedes many an expression that isn't.

The advantage of modern means of communication is they enable you to worry about things in all of the world

America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.

A bureaucrat's idea of cleaning up his files is to make a copy of every paper before he destroys it.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to lead anyone anywhere, in the sense of pointing out the direction and setting the pace. They simply follow precedents, obey regulations, and move at the head of the crowd. Such employees lead only in the sense that the curved wooden figurehead leads the ship .