Seit ich Notenbanker geworden bin, habe ich gelernt, in großer Zusammenhanglosigkeit zu murmeln. Wenn ich Ihnen über Gebühr klar erscheine, müssen Sie falsch verstanden haben, was ich gesagt habe.Alan Greenspan
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Since becoming a central banker, I have learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.Alan Greenspan
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"Seit ich Notenbanker geworden bin, habe ich gelernt, in großer Zusammenhanglosigkeit zu murmeln. Wenn ich Ihnen über Gebühr klar erscheine, müssen Sie falsch verstanden haben, was ich gesagt habe."
— Alan Greenspan
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Speaking to a Senate Committee in 1987, as quoted in the Guardian Weekly, November 4, 2005.
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