Sid Peimer: The Forrest Gump of Strategy
Everyone needs a Gump in their life. Even Forrest had Mama, and he had this to say about her: "Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them." 
Sid is very much a reductionist (or, as he would say - I need to dumb it down so I can understand it first). For instance, explain this Forrestism: "Stupid as stupid does". Well, it means that an intelligent person who does stupid things is still stupid. You are what you do. 
With Sid, Strategy is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you're going to get, but you're certain to learn something, if not get an entirely new perspective on a subject you thought you knew.