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
We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers. – Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. – Thomas Perry
I think things changed as a result of a certain perception of our politics. When we went through our zealous, self-righteous period it didnt exactly win us any friends. – Fred Frith
