Would that it were so

Charles Darwin declined to express opinions concerning religion, because he considered himself unqualified to do so, stating "that a man ought not to publish on a subject to which he has not given special and continuous thought." Pity that his detractors don't feel constrained by similar scruples.

Facts facts facts

Wyatt Earp, whose wife was Jewish, befriended a young John Wayne, who based his notion of the Western cowboy on Earp.