"When a diplomat says yes, he means ‘perhaps’;
When he says perhaps, he means ‘no’;
When he says no, he is not a diplomat.
When a lady says no, she means ‘perhaps’;
When she says perhaps, she means ‘yes’;
When she says yes, she is not a lady."

-Voltaire

All I have to say in response, Monsieur François-Marie Arouet, is perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.