"The analysis was the most difficult of the three by all odds. When Holk, after two days of steady work, succeeded in eliminating meaningless statements, vague gibberish, useless qualifications - in short, all the goo and dribble - he found he had nothing left. Everything cancelled out.
Lord Dorwin, gentlemen, in five days of discussion didn't say one damned thing, and said it so you never noticed."
-- Isaac Asimov, Foundation