Self-Reliance consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," is a running joke in the 1998 film "Next Stop Wonderland". A single woman (portrayed by Hope Davis), who is familiar with the Emerson quote, goes on dates with several men, each of whom tries to impress her by referencing the line, but misquotes it and misattributes it to W.C. Fields, Karl Marx, or Cicero. The woman finally meets a man (portrayed by Alan Gelfant) who correctly attributes the quote to Emerson. Self-Reliance "Self-Reliance" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough
Mark Quayle (advocate, b. 1841) Mark Quayle (advocate, b. 1841) Mark Hildesley Quayle, QC (1841 – 3 November 1928) was a Manx lawyer and the second son of Mark Hildesley Quayle a former Clerk of the Rolls on the Isle of Man and a Member of the House of Keys. Quayle was the second son of Mark Hildesley Quayle (1804–1879) and Mary Quayle (née Spedding). His father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather had all served as the Clerks of the Rolls on the Isle of Man, being part of a prominent Manx family who had held official positions in the Government of the Isle of