Zebulon Pike (Photo credit: cliff1066™)
Richard Heber – 1773 – Celebrity
“No gentleman can be without 3 copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers.”
Zebulon Pike – 1779 – Explorer and Soldier
“Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.”
Olympia Brown – 1853 – Activist
“He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of color.”
Konrad Adenauer – 1876 – Statesman
“All parts of the human body get tired eventually – except the tongue.”
Herbert Bayard Swope – 1882 – Editor
“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everyone.”
Paramhansa Yogananda – 1893 – Leader
Paramhansa-Yogananda (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”
Dennis Gabor – 1900 – Scientist
“Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings and making music with them.
Jack Lovelock – 1910 – Athlete
“Yes, I’m afraid the life over here is very different from New Zealand but oh boy it’s a grand life.”
George Reeves – 1914 – Actor
“Knock the ‘t’ off the ‘can’t.'”
Jane Wyman – 1917 – Actress and First Wife of President Ronald Reagan
“I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I’ll do it again.”
Walter F. Mondale – 1928 – Vice President of the United States
“If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.”
Alvin Ailey – 1931 – Choreographer and Artist
“What we do is celebrate people. That’s all we’re about.”
Chuck Noll – 1932 – Coach
“A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.”
Jim Otto – 1938 – Athlete
“I think the tougher the challenge the better.”
Juan Carlos – 1938 – Leader
“Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden.”
Diane Keaton – 1946 – Actress
“A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experiences.”
Ted Lange – 1947 – Actor
“I talk to the universe all the time.”
Clancy Brown – 1959 – Actor
“I have something to say: It’s better to burn out, than to fade away.”
Joe Flanigan – 1967 – Actor
“At one point in college I was so shy that I’d drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.”
Marilyn Manson – 1969 – Musician
“Music is the strongest form of magic.”
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