"You mean that if you do overtime you have to do more overtime to pay for it?" said Moist, still pondering how illogical logical thinking can be if a big enough committee is doing it.
Terry Pratchett, Making Money
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I've noticed when environmental activists talk about new, clean technologies, they direct their solutions to achieving first world comfort. They don't think about the Third World children gathering lithium used in batteries for pennies.
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"I have defined your objectives," said Ridcully. "It is up to you to consider the options."
"In that case," said the Dean, "I move that we abandon ship."
"What for?" said the Chair of Indefinite Studies. "The sharks?"
"That is a secondary problem," said the Dean.
"That's right," said Ponder, "we can always vote to abandon shark."
Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
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