Quote Queen

Who Shares Your Day and What Did They Say? This is a collection of thought-provoking quotations for each day of the year by people who share YOUR birthday!

February 3

on February 3, 2013
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Horace Greeley – 1811 – Editor

“Common sense is very uncommon.”

Elizabeth Blackwell – 1821 – First Woman Doctor

“If society will not admit of a woman’s free development, then society must be remodeled.”

Walter Bagehot – 1826 – Economist

“The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”

Frederick W. Robertson – 1840 – Clergyman

“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy:  hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.”

Gertrude Stein – 1874 – Writer

“We are always the same age inside.”

Norman Rockwell – 1894 – Artist

“Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters.  We didn’t know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn.”

James Michener – 1907 – Author

“I love writing.  I live the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.”

Simone Weil – 1909 – Philosopher

Ex-NFL QB Fran Tarkenton

Ex-NFL QB Fran Tarkenton (Photo credit: bsteve76)

“Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.”

Shelley Berman – 1926 – Actor (Sheldon Leonard Berman)

“As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.”

Fran Tarkenton – 1940 – Football Player and TV Personality

“If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.”

Morgan Fairchild – 1950 – Actress (Patsy Ann McClenny)

“You can never be too rich or too thin.”


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