Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
-- Gary Zukav AA

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.
-- Samuel Johnson AA

Things could always be worse; for instance, you could be ugly and work in the Post Office.
-- Adrienne E. Gusoff AA

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
-- George Bernard Shaw AA