... gave me a fair enough shake to present the evidence, but you paid no attention. I tried to get your signatures to a petition to purge the H.E.W. Department, or to start a Congressional investigation. You just laughed at me. You enjoyed that headline: "Crackpot Chemist Claims He Killed All Those Poppies. Was ... — Revenge • Arthur Porges
... home town. Senator Arnold was very instrumental in my Department climb." Ryder paused. "And no crackpot." ... — The Mighty Dead • William Campbell Gault
... do," the nameless young man who was the messenger of somebody equally nameless retorted. "Frasthor's a crackpot; no reputable psychologist or psychist gives his opinions a moment's consideration. And besides, we don't want to attack Psychological Hygiene. The people in it with whom we can do business are our safeguard; ... — Time Crime • H. Beam Piper
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