"If these things were so large, how come everyone missed them." — Britain's Queen Elizabeth asking why economists didn't see the credit crunch coming.
"Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of." –Socrates
"I don't see problems for Medvedev to establish good relations with Obama, who is also handsome, young and suntanned." — Italian President Silvio Berlusconi, in state visit to Russia.