Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen."
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Crank
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C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible"
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist
"Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a 'crank.'"
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist
"I am discounting the reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?"
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"More cranks take up unfashionable errors than unfashionable truths."
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"I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough."
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