They have been working towards them for so long that nothing they say for public consumption should be taken literally.
She has done nothing, they say, to pursue the bankers who bilked the treasury of billions at the time of the financial crisis.
Whereas if they had been asked to choose at the offset, knowing nothing about it, they might say no.
So if you ask folks, how important is education, they say nothing is more important.
They had nothing to say, but something, nevertheless, seemed to go from him to her.
They have nothing to say on pending job cuts in the public sector.
They tend to be attended by way too many people, all of whom feel obligated to speak, even when they have nothing to say.
After all, they say nothing about using your fingers at breakfast.
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Local authorities told the BBC they had nothing to say when asked to explain what had taken place, and waited more than 24 hours to confirm the details.
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They say nothing about how to run a firm.
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They say nothing stings more than a jilted lover.
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The team aren't giving an official line on his crash just yet but after a first look at the footage they say nothing broke on the car, which will be a relief after Timo Glock's front wing fell off in Jerez because of a problem with the mounting.
And they were able to search through all those and say that they found nothing.
But a better reason is simply the fact that they have nothing else to say.
"They have nothing positive to say about working with local authorities to improve recycling and cut the amount of rubbish going to landfill, " she said.
Everything has been seen before, they say, nothing has worked.
James Cottrell, the president of the American Society of Anaesthesiologists, says that although thiopental sometimes makes people talk more, it does nothing to ensure that what they say is truthful.
They say they - and many like them - have nothing left to go home to in the Philippines.
But after Lehman went bankrupt, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker often talked about proprietary trading at banks, and the term "proprietary" became confusing (to say nothing of, dare we say, sullied.) "They wanted to distinguish what they do from other firms that use the term proprietary trading, " explains Overdahl.
They say his politics have nothing to do with his singing or the sport.
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The men say they were doing nothing wrong and felt victimized by overzealous officers.
They say there's nothing new in fashion, and perhaps there's nothing new in economic policy either.
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There's nothing like when they announce you and they say, the No. 1 player in the world.
How they could sit and say nothing much, for most of the night.
Neither culture nor geography can explain gaps between neighbouring American and Mexican cities, they argue, to say nothing of disparities between North and South Korea.
When it comes to the cost of government borrowing, they say there's nothing magical - or deadly - about interest rates that begin with a six, or even a seven.
However, if you move up a level and ask yourself what retirement savings actually are, I think it is fair to say that they are nothing more than a claim by those who no longer work (or will soon no longer work) on the fruits of the existing capital stock and the labor of those who will be working in the future.
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"My fear is that the Justice Department will do what they are doing now: do nothing and say nothing, " said Bensinger.
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