- "Very clever idea, though." 
- "What is?" 
- "Asking the questions when people arrive. If anyone was coming here to 
   do some subversive overthrowing, everyone'd be down on him like a pound of 
   bricks as soon as he answered 'Yes'." 
- "It's a sneaky trick, isn't it," said Angalo, in an admiring tone of 
   voice. 
        -- The nomes encounter American customs regulations 
           (Terry Pratchett, Wings)