'You can't drive a flock of sheep to market in a dead straight line, but there are ways of getting 'em there.' — John Wyndham

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

'There's a whole lot of people don't seem to understand that you have to talk to a man in his own language before he'll take you seriously.'

'We've got it all there in the books if we take the trouble to find out about it.'