That saying, or ones like it, are also attributed to Carl Sagan, G. K. Chesterton, James Oberg, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Virginia Gildersleeve, Bertrand Russell,

That saying, or ones like it, are also attributed to Carl Sagan, G. K. Chesterton, James Oberg, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Virginia Gildersleeve, Bertrand Russell, Max Radin, ... This article mentions Walter M. Kotschnig as the author of the earliest known instance of the saying, but notes that even Kotschnig seemed to be quoting something that was already known at the time: https://www.skeptic.com/insight/open-mind-brains-fall-out-maxim-adage-aphorism/ https://www.skeptic.com/insight/open-mind-brains-fall-out-ma...