It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.
Matt Cameron, Musician (1962) |
Joe Dante, Director (1946) |
Alistair Darling, Politician (1953) |
Friedrich Engels, Philosopher (1820) |
Carol Gilligan, Psychologist (1936) |
Ed Harris, Actor (1950) |
Gary Hart, Politician (1936) |
Matsuo Basho, Poet (1694) |
Enrico Fermi, Physicist (1954) |
Washington Irving, Writer (1859) |