English: Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Rene Descartes – 1596 – Mathematician
“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”
Andrew Marvell – 1621 – Writer
“Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.”
Joseph Haydn – 1732 – Composer
“There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.”
Nikolai Gogol – 1809 – Writer
“It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.”
William Morris Hunt – 1824 – Artist
“The mission of art is to represent nature not to imitate her.”
John Lafarge – 1835 – Artist
“The past, though it cannot be relived, can always be repaired.”
Andrew Lang – 1844 – Poet
“An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts – for support rather than for illumination.”
Jack Johnson – 1878 – Athlete
“Don’t let your dreams be dreams.”
Octavio Paz – 1914 – Poet
“Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.”
Leo Buscaglia – 1924 – Author
“A single rose can be my garden … a single friend, my world.”
John Fowles – 1926 – Novelist
“The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.”
English: Nikolai Gogol. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Gordie Howe – 1928 – Athlete
“All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.”
John Jakes – 1932 – Writer
“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”
Richard Chamberlain – 1934 – Actor
“Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet – don’t tell a soul.”
Herb Alpert – 1935 – Musician
“I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.”
Judith Rossner – 1935 – Novelist
“Writers are the lunatic fringe of publishing.”
Marge Piercy – 1936 – Writer
“Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.”
Christopher Walken – 1943 – Actor
“I don’t need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.”
Enrique Vila-Matas – 1948 – Novelist
“I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.”
Al Gore – 1948 – Vice President of the United States
“Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason.”
Craig McCracken – 1971 – Artist
“There’s a lot you can do without words.”
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