The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it. – Goethe

There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” – Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty, 1998

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. – Hubert Humphrey, speech, Madison, Wisconsin, 23 August 1965

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies