English: Photograph of writer Edith Wharton, taken by E. F. Cooper, at Newport, Rhode Island. Cabinet photograph. Courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Donne – 1572 – Poet
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of a continent.”
Edith Wharton – 1862 – Novelist
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Robert E. Howard – 1906 – Author
“I became a writer in spite of my environments.”
Oral Roberts – 1918 – Protestant Evangelist
“Well, I can’t figure out God.”
Neil Diamond – 1941 – Singer and Songwriter
“Songs are life in 80 words or less.”
Jim Barksdale – 1943 – Entrepreneur
“Take our company as an example: We’re living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.”
John Belushi – 1949 – Comedian
“I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.”
Yakov Smirnoff – 1951 – Comedian
“Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a universal condition.”
Mary Lou Retton – 1968 – Olympic GymnastMary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talent we’re been given.”
Mischa Barton – 1986 – Actress
“The only way to be happy and be a more enjoyable person to be around is to embrace what you’ve got.”
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