If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over.
Yiddish proverb
The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does.
No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.
Daisy Bates (1863-1951)
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
James R. Cook
If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault] (1844-1924)
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.
Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)