William Joyce (Photo credit: ALA – The American Library Association)
A. C. Benson – 1862 – Author
“I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.”
Elizabeth Goudge – 1900 – Writer
“Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.”
Willem de Kooning – 1904 – Artist
“The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.”
Robert Penn Warren – 1905 – Novelist
“The urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.”
William Joyce – 1906 – Author
“If you really want to tell stories, do it and don’t be dissuaded.”
George Oppen – 1908 – Poet
“Truth, also is the pursuit of it.”
Clement Freud – 1924 – Writer
“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer.”
English: Screenshot of Barbra Streisand from the trailer for the film Hello, Dolly! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bridget Riley – 1931 – Artist
“Focusing isn’t just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.”
Shirley Mac Laine – 1934 – Actress
“The best way to get husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they are too old to do it.”
Sue Grafton – 1940 – Novelist
“Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
Barbra Streisand – 1942 – Singer
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?”
Tony Visconti – 1944 – Musician
“It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new.”
Phil Robertson – 1946 – Celebrity
“In a subdivision you call 911. At home, I AM 911.”
Lee Westwood – 1973 – Athlete
“You don’t win tournaments by playing well and thinking poorly.”
Sachin Tendulkar – 1973 – Athlete
“I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.”
Kelly Clarkson – 1982 – Singer
“Everyone says I’m like the girl next door … Y’all must have really weird neighbors.”
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