The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of clich̩s. РH.L. Mencken, Prejudices, 1925

Practical gentlemen hate uncertainty, balancing of probabilities, skepticism or approximation. They have a number of bitterly satirical comments on persons whose minds are so open that their brains fall out. They are bent on getting to a conclusion. – Max Radin, 1937