I've spent a long time in the, "expendable" category, and am used to thinking of myself that way.

Well, you know, you're a smart man, you're entitled to a Weird Idea or two. Just don't go taking that one too seriously, all right?

The rest of us reserve the right to know better.

I don't see myself as a Grant, or a Washington.

No, you're a pecunium. And therefore irreplaceable.