To be absolutely fair to Graves, he also consistently said that it wasn't him that selected the team.
"He would be just absolutely turning in his grave".
"Let me be absolutely clear: Iran is a grave threat".
"I will go to my grave still being absolutely certain that it's correct," he said.
In a way, though, Pietersen is the sideshow to this, for it seems absolutely astounding for someone in Graves' position to speak out in the way he has at a time when England, no matter how badly they might be performing, are still in the World Cup.
He went on: "I want you to tell me where under God's shining sun is the land of the free and the home of the brave if you don't turn these boys loose; your forefathers will absolutely turn over in their graves".
Macpherson said he had seen the huge impact of the collapse of the UK banks in 2008, and watched the eurozone crisis explode; he and his officials were absolutely clear a currency union carried "very grave risks".
It was just absolutely mind-blowing to see this huge, huge open field of mass graves, which were... again, which were opened up by the survivors to find gold.
Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection.
Uri Geller has insisted claims about his double life as a "psychic spy" for Israel's intelligence agency are "absolutely true" - but he has vowed to take the secrets of his missions to his grave.
I figured they were fine, her absolutely loving being by herself all the time, him having a great time working himself into an early grave.
