
Marguerite of Valois, Queen of Navarre). Miniatures. Dated in gold: “Ano Dni. 1577”. On vellum stuck to card: oval, 2 1/4 in (5.7 cm) high. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Marguerite de Valois – 1553 – French Royalty
“A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.”
William Emerson – 1701 – Mathematician
“Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.”
Robert Owen – 1771 – Writer
“Never argue; repeat your assertion.”
Kurt Eisner – 1867 – Politician
“Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which surpasses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse.”
B. C. Forbes – 1880 – Journalist
“Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.”
Hal Borland – 1900 – Author
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”
Lou Harrison – 1917 – Composer
“I don’t want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve.”
Agha Hasan Abedi – 1922 – Businessman
“The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.”
Eric Morecambe – 1926 – Comedian
“I’m playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.”
Bobby Darin – 1936 – Musician
“Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That’s the truth.”
George Lucas – 1944 – Director
“Everybody has talent, it’s just a matter of moving around until you’ve discovered what it is.”
Francesca Annis – 1944 – Actress
“As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.”
Robert Jarvik – 1946 – Inventor
“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.”
Robert Zemeckis – 1952 – Director
“No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to expect them and to live through them.”
Tom Cochrane – 1953 – Musician
“As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you’ve done your job.”
Amber Tamblyn – 1983 – Actress
“A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.”
Mark Zuckerberg – 1984 – Businessman
“By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.”
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