SIR HUMPHREY: If local authorities don’t send us statistics, Government figures will be a nonsense.

HACKER: Why?

SIR HUMPHREY: They’ll be incomplete.

HACKER: Government figures are a nonsense, anyway.

BERNARD: I think Sir Humphrey wants to ensure they’re a complete nonsense.

Jonathan Lynn (b. 1943) English actor, comedy writer, director

Yes Minister, 03×03 “The Skeleton in the Cupboard” (BBC2 Television) (1982-11-25) [with Anthony Jay]
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