Many friends are full and part-time faculty. I have a lot of respect for formal institutions of advanced learning and the many wonderful men and women who inhabit them. I also know blithering idiocy when I see it among the savants.
– Lester Dent
One frequent topic of discussion with conservative friends is whether the liberal politicians who say outrageous things really believe their absurdities. Are they that myopic or just ill-informed?
– Lester Dent
Performers who discourse strong political opinions often seem aghast that some people respond negatively to them - in the form of not attending their performances, or not buying their music, or opposing their speaking at other entertainment venues.