Richard Wagner – 1813 – Composer
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.”
Mary Cassatt – 1844 – Artist
“I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.”
Arthur Conan Doyle – 1859 – Writer
“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.”
Alla Nazimova – 1879 – Actress
“Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.”
Laurence Olivier – 1907 – Actor
“Have a very good reason for everything you do.”
Johnny Olson – 1910 – Entertainer
“A voice can also repel, infuriate, or actually make a listener ill.”
Thomas Gold – 1920 – Scientist
“In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age.”
T. Boone Pickens – 1928 – Businessman
“Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.”
M. Scott Peck – 1936 – Psychologist
“Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.”
Richard Benjamin – 1938 – Actor
“I always say that you should remake flops, not hits.”
Paul Winfield – 1941 – Actor
“A lot of people go to find themselves.”
Richard Baker – 1948 – Politician
“To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.”
Bernie Taupin – 1950 – Writer
“We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.”
Lisa Murkowski – 1957 – Politician
“Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.”
Steven Morrissey – 1959 – Musician
“Age shouldn’t affect you. It’s just like the size of your shoes – they don’t determine how you live your life! You’re either marvelous or you’re boring, regardless of your age.”
Naomi Campbell – 1970 – Model
“Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue … and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.”
A. J. Langer – 1974 – Actress
“You have to trust your body to take care of you.”