
English: Sepia photograph of James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), author of “Peter Pan” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
J. M. Barrie – 1860 – Author (Sir James Matthew Barrie)
“We are all failures at least, all the best of us are.”
Henry J. Kaiser – 1882 – Industrialist
“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.”
Jose Ortega Y. Gasset – 1883 – Philosopher
“An idea is putting truth in check-mate.”
William Moulton Marston – 1893 – Psychologist
“Realize what you really want. It stops you from chasing butterflies and puts you to work digging gold.”
Gregory Bateson – 1904 – Scientist
“Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.”
Mike Wallace – 1918 – Journalist
“I never was the story. The story was the story. Period.”
Richard Cowper – 1926 – Writer
“Our thoughts are unseen hands shaping the people we meet. Whatever we truly think them to be, that’s what they’ll become for us.”
Manfred Eigen – 1927 – Scientist
“Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.”
Barbara Ann Scott – 1928 – Athlete
“The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.”
Pancho Gonzales – 1928 – Athlete
“The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect.”
Alan Bennett – 1934 – Dramatist
“Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.”
Glenda Jackson – 1936 – Actress
“I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.”
Charles Simic – 1938 – Poet
“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.”
Ralph Boston – 1939 – Athlete
“Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life, It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts.”
James L. Brooks – 1940 – Producer
“I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.”
John Ashcroft – 1942 – Public Servant
“All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we’re doing something that makes a difference. I believe we’re doing that in the Justice Department.”
Candice Bergen – 1946 – Actress
“Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.”
Billy Joel – 1949 – Musician
“I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.”
Tony Gwynn – 1960 – Athlete
“Remember these two things: play hard and have fun.”
Steve Yzerman – 1965 – Athlete
“I’m exhausted trying to stay healthy.”
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