Author Laura Ingalls Wilder used her experiences growing up near De Smet as the basis for four of her novels. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Thomas More – 1478 – Author
“An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.”
Charles Dickens – 1812 – Author
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder – 1867 – Author
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
Alfred Adler – 1870 – Psychotherapist
“We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority.”
Godfrey Harold Hardy – 1877 – Mathematician
“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.”
Eubie Blake – 1883 – Composer
“If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
Sinclair Lewis – 1885 – Writer
“People will buy anything that’s one to a customer.”
An Wang – 1920 – Inventor
Eubie Blake (Photo credit: CUNY Academic Commons)
“Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.”
Dan Quisenberry – 1950 – Athlete
“The future is much like the present, only longer.”
Garth Brooks – 1956 – Singer
“The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.”
Emo Philips – 1956 – Comedian
“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.”
Eddie Izzard – 1962 – Comedian
“Never put a sock in a toaster.”
Steve Nash – 1974 – Athlete
“I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally. I believe that the measure of a person’s life is the affect they have on others.”
Wes Borland – 1975 – Musician
“There may be something good in silence. It’s a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little discussions, if you keep turning the volume down. Shut yourself up, and listen out loud.”
Ashton Kutcher – 1978 – Actor
“I am only young once, who cares if I’m a goofball?”
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