
Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat. Facsimile signature on image: “Yours truly “Babe” Ruth.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Aaron Burr – 1756 – Politician
“Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”
Henry Irving – 1838 – Actor
“You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests!”
Babe Ruth – 1895 – Baseball Player (George Herman Ruth)
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”
Louis Nizer – 1902 – Lawyer
“A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.”
Ronald Reagan – 1911 – 40th President of the United States
“How can a President not be an actor?”
Mary Leakey – 1913 – Anthropologist and Archeologist
“Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor – 1917 – Actress (Sari Gabor)
“I call everyone ‘Darling’ because I can’t remember their names.”
Patrick Macnee – 1933 – Actor
“Television has some lovely aspects to it – and some ghastly aspects – but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.”
Rip Torn – 1931 – Actor (Elmore Rual Torn, Jr.)
“Never think you’re better than anyone else, but don’t let anyone treat you like you’re worse than they are.”
Mike Farrell – 1939 – Actor
“If you try to do your best there is no failure.”
Tom Brokaw – 1940 – Journalist
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”
Bob Marley – 1945 – Musician
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery – None but ourselves can free our minds.”
Robert Townsend – 1957 – Writer and Actor
“True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.”
Kathy Najimy – 1957 – Actress
“When you’re not blond and thin, you come up with a personality real quick.”
Megan Gallagher – 1960 – Actress
“There’s a big difference between sanity and insanity.”
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