People are who they are — give or take 15%. – Modern Family, “Fifteen Percent,” written by Steven Levitan, spoken by the chara

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget. – G. K. Chesterton

No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com