The public is anold woman.Let her maunderand mumble.

-Carlyle,Thomas
  Journal entry.

Since I've become a central banker, I've learned to mumblewithgreatcoherence† If Iseemundulyclear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.

-Greenspan, Alan
  Address to Congress, Sep. Quotedby Jonathan Marshall in the San Francisco Chronicle, 9  Jun1995.

Whenindanger, ponder. Whenintrouble, delegate. And when in doubt, mumble.

-Wagner, Robert Ferdinand,Jr
  In the NewYorkTimes,17 Feb.