“The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.”
“Some of those drawn into the holy war had been secular nationalists only a few years before. If one looks at the biographies of these people, remarkable continuities are revealed.”
| Stefan Banach, Mathematician (1892) |
| Joyce Carey, Actress (1898) |
| Marc Davis, Artist (1913) |
| Norah Jones, Musician (1979) |
| Ingvar Kamprad, Businessman (1926) |
| James Cagney, Actor (1986) |
| Abigail Fillmore, First Lady (1853) |
| John Gilmour, Politician (1940) |
| Michael Jeter, Actor (2003) |
| Michael King, Historian (2004) |