Mac: [desperate to make the deal] Look, how much do you want?
Ben: [fills his hands with sand] Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand? [drops some sand]
Ben: Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it?
Mac: No. Of course not.
Ben: Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?
-- Local Hero, 1983