Everett Dean Martin (1880-1941, writer)
"The thinking of the crowd is dogmatic as a result of causes which are similar to those which render compulsive that of certain neurotics." (The Mystery of Religion, 1924)
Deborah Meier (1931-now, educator)
"There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... That all children could and should be innovators of their own theories, critics of other people's ideas, analyzers of evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on the world. It's an idea with revolutionary implications. If we take it seriously." (The Power of Their Ideas, 2002)
Shigeru Miyamoto (1952-now, video game designer)
"A good idea is something that does not solve one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once." (Quoted in Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, interview with Eurogamer.net, 2010)
Michael Oakescott (1901-1990, philosopher)
"Like Midas, the rationalist is always in the unfortunate position of not being able to touch anything, without transforming it into an abstraction; he can never get a square meal of experience." (AZQuotes.com)
Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957, philosopher)
"I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all." (AZQuotes.com)
Giambattista Vico (1668-1744, philosopher)
"The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit." (AZQuotes.com)
Anthony Weston (1954-now, philosopher)
"Generally, people advocate a position for serious and sincere reasons. Try to figure out their view - try to understand their reasons - even if you disagree entirely." (A Rulebook for Arguments, 5th ed. 2018)
