Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss) half-length portrait, seated at desk covered with his books / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev in the White House Library (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
DeWitt Clinton – 1769 – Politician
“Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power is a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and infinite in duration.”
Sam Houston – 1793 – Statesman and Governor of Texas
“He has all the characteristics of a dog – except loyalty.”
John Jay Chapman – 1862 – Poet
“All progress is experimental.”
Dr. Seuss – 1904 – Author (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
Martin Ritt – 1914- Actor
“I don’t have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It’s what you do with it that counts.”
Desi Arnaz – 1917 – Actor
“Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.”
Jennifer Jones – 1919 – Actress
“If you could choose one characteristic, that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.”
Tom Wolfe – 1931 – Journalist
“The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.”
Mikhail Gorbachev – 1931 – Russian Statesman
“What we need is Star Peace not Star Wars.”
Lou Reed – 1942 – Musician
“I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it’s going to happen.”
Jon Bon Jovi – 1962 – Musician
“Map out your future, but do it in pencil.”
Chris Martin – 1977 – Musician
“More idiots should just shut their mouths.”
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