Alfred de Vigny – 1797 – Poet
“On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.”
Karl Pearson – 1857 – Mathematician
“Statistics is the grammar of science.”
Heinrich Mann – 1871 – Novelist
“Goodness means the highest degree of popularity.”
Edward Steichen -1879 – Photographer
“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper, the photographer begins with the finished product.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – 1886 – Architect
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
Thorne Smith – 1892 – Writer
“Quite casually I wander into my plot, poke around with my characters for a while, then amble off, leaving no moral proved and no reader improved.”
Sidney Buchman – 1902 – Writer
“If there were no mystery left to explore life would get rather dull, wouldn’t it?”
James Callaghan – 1912 – British Leader
“A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.”
Sarah Vaughan – 1924 – Musician
“When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don’t even notice.”
Leigh Steinberg – 1949 – Businessman
“Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.”
Bruce Morrell – 1954 – Philosopher and Engineer
“Your best push comes from your own pull.”
Elizabeth Mitchell – 1970 – Actress
“If you try to stay young forever, you don’t really live.”
Mariah Carey – 1970 – Musician
“You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength and say, ‘I’m proud of what I am and who I am, and I’m just going to be myself.'”
Nathan Fillion – 1971 – Actor
“I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands – there’s really no substitute.”
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