following my own advice, I searched and found:

"Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks." Goethe

"All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few." Stendhal

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo Galilei

"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball." Doug Larson

happy hunting!