„As far as the Council is concerned, the U. S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms.””Eh?””Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.“

— Jim Butcher
„Whole new theories of money were growing here like mushrooms: in the dark and based on bullshit.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Dayan's correct assumption was that the boss in Washington might object formally, but with a wink, and would continue to provide the decisive military, economic and diplomatic support for the criminal endeavors. The criminality has been underscored by repeated Security Council resolutions, more recently by the International Court of Justice, with the basic agreement of U. S. Justice Thomas Buergenthal in a separate declaration. Israel's actions also violate U. N. Security Council resolutions concerning Jerusalem. But everything is fine as long as Washington winks.“
— Noam Chomsky
„Astronomically, the U. S. S. R. and the United States are the same place.“
— Carl Sagan