I’m trying to tell you that you can trust me because I’m motivated by the most basic human emotion: greed. - Mike Resnick

Nothing personal," Mr. Ahasuerus, replied Flint, "but what the hell do you know about it? Your entire experience has been with a carny crew. The next normal human you meet will be the first.

“You sound like a pessimist, Yank,” said Roosevelt.
“Pessimism and realism are next-door neighbors on this continent, Teddy,” said Rogers.

Don't believe everything you hear," said the Mouse.
Ryan laughed again. "If I believed half of what I heard, I'd be dead and buried already.