
Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972), 1945 – 1953 the thirty-third President of the United States Deutsch: Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), 1945 bis 1953 33. Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Harry S. Truman – 1884 – 33rd President of the United States
“Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.”
Tom Cord – 1909 – Musician
“It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don’t try to find it, it’s there already.”
Robert Johnson – 1911 – Psychologist
“History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn’t have to get caught in that.”
George Woodcock – 1912 – Writer
“I began even as a boy to realize how wide the world can be for a man of free intelligence.”
Romain Gary – 1914 – Novelist
“The avantgarde are people who don’t exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.”
Sloan Wilson – 1920 – Novelist
“It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much by harshness, not by kindness.”
Anthony Storr – 1920 – Author
“I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.”
Elizabeth Jane Roberts-Huff – 1929 – Author
“You create your own reality.”
Gary Snyder – 1930 – Poet
“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”
Sonny Liston – 1932 – Athlete
“Newspapermen ask dumb questions, They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining.”
Jerry Moss – 1935 – Businessman
“We’re here to win the race. If we get beat, we get beat.”
Robert Adams – 1937 – Photographer
“No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.”
Ricky Nelson – 1940 – Musician
“You can’t please everyone so you gotta please yourself.”
Peter Benchley – 1940 – Author
“I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with wither sharks or dinosaurs.”
Alex Van Halen – 1953 – Musician
“There’s nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.”
Roddy Doyle – 1958 – Novelist
“I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.”
Ronnie Lott – 1959 – Athlete
“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”
Melissa Gilbert – 1964 – Actress
“Don’t like small talk. Love rainy days.”
Naomi Klein – 1970 – Journalist
“Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn’t filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.”
Enrique Iglesias – 1975 – Musician
“I was happier before, when I lead a normal life.”
Josie Maran – 1978 – Model
“I’m still figuring out why people would want to look at me. Maybe it’s genetic beauty, but it’s weird to be valued for something I was born with.”
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