Betsy Ross – 1752 – Seamstress (Elizabeth Griscom)
J. Edgar Hoover (Photo credit: cliff1066™)
Frank Knox – 1874 – Public Servant
“Someone has said that most of us don’t think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.”
E. M. Forester – 1879 – Author (Edward Morgan Forester)
“Unless we remember we cannot understand.”
J. Edgar Hoover – 1895 – Public Servant
“No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.”
Barry Goldwater – 1909 – Senator
“It’s a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president . . . expect me.”
Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator (AZ-R) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dana Andrews – 1909 – Actor
“All people are half actors.”
J. D. Salinger – 1919- Author (Jerome David Salinger)
“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”
James Sinegal – 1936 – Businessman
“In the final analysis, you get what you pay for.”
Frank Langella – 1938 – Actor, Director, and Producer
“I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.”
Don Novello – 1943 – Writer and Actor
“I never thought I’d be a writer. I never thought I’d be able to read a book, let alone write one. So, if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it’s good.”
Jacky Ickx – 1945 – Celebrity
“The margin between success and drama is fractional.”
Susannah McCorkle – 1946 – Musician
“If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.”
Lynn Abbey – 1948 – Author
“Ideas aren’t magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.”
Luis Guzman – 1957 – Celebrity
“TV is not a babysitter.”
Laura Ingraham – 1963 – Journalist
“There’s a rule of thumb in politics. If you’re at a point where you’re complaining about the other guy being mean and uncivil, that’s probably a sign that you’re losing.”
Verne “Mini-Me” Troyer – 1969 – Actor and Stunt Man
“What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.”
Brody Armstrong – 1979 – Musician
“When you meet someone for the first time, that’s not the whole book. That’s just the first page.”
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