Minorities are the stars of the firmament; majorities, the darkness in which they float. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed. – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Critic, 1799

Keep your minds open, but not so open that your brains fall out. – Walter Kotschnig, c.1940

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. – George Bernard Shaw