Photographie du compositeur français Maurice Ravel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Herschel – 1792 – Scientist
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”
Luther Burbank – 1849 – Environmentalist
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.”
Maurice Ravel – 1875 – Composer
“Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.”
Milton Avery – 1885 – Artist
“Why talk when you can paint?”
Anna Magnani – 1908 – Actress
“Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.”
Willard Scott – 1934 – Entertainer
“Nature’s a tranquilizer as you get older.”
Michael Eisner – 1942 – Businessman
“I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.”
Ranulph Fiennes – 1944 – Explorer
“I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses, to pay the bills.”
Townes Van Zandt – 1944 – Musician
“I don’t think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.”
Daniel Goleman – 1946 – Author
English: Wanda Sykes at 2010 GLAAD Media Awards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.”
Rex Hunt – 1949 – Entertainer
“I think it’s wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them.”
Donald Sadoway – 1950 – Educator
“Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk.”
Jules Shear – 1952 – Musician
“The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world.”
Rick Bass – 1958 – Writer
“To not pursue the thing one wants, would be a waste of one’s life.”
Wanda Sykes – 1964 – Comedian
“If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”
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