Any aeai [A.I., artificial intelligence ] smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail… — Ian McDonald

The elephants fight but the rats go about their business.

His theory of golf is, never play any sport that requires you to dress as your grandfather.

"This is now a matter of national security, sir."

"This is Franz Kafka, is what it is."

Tom Hanks looks at chair-rocker, who writes the name down.

"He's a Czech writer," Thomas Lull says. "He's been dead a hundred years. I was attempting irony."

"Sir, please do not attempt irony. This is a most serious issue."