It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.

There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.

Sometimes the truth is arrived at by adding all the little lies together and deducting them from the totality of what is known.

There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.

A push-and-go wooden duck on wheels can cause quite a lot of damage if wielded with enough force.

Hat = wizard, wizard = hat. Everything else is frippery.

Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.