Photograph of Camille Pissarro (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
John Calvin – 1509 – Theologian
“The torture of bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.”
William Blackstone – 1723 – Judge
“It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.”
Arthur Helps – 1813 – Historian
“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
Camille Pissarro – 1830 – Artist
“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”
Nikola Tesla – 1856 – Inventor
“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
Finley Peter Dunne – 1867 – Journalist
“Trust everybody, but cut the cards.”
Marcel Proust – 1871 – Novelist
“All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.”
Edmund Cherihew Bentley – 1875 – Journalist
“The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.”
Mary McLeod Bethume – 1875 – Educator
Marcel Proust – entschwundene Zeit (Photo credit: Ines Seidel)
“Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.”
Carl Orff – 1895 – Composer
“Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, involve me, I understand.”
William Dampier – 1908 – Explorer
“The world is apt to judge of everything by success; whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.”
Owen Chamberlain – 1920 – Scientist
“Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.”
David Brinkley – 1920 – Journalist
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
Harvey Ball – 1921 – Celebrity
“I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright.”
Jean Kerr – 1922 – Author and Playwright (Bridget Jean Collins)
“Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn’t permanent.”
Alice Munro – 1931 – Writer
“Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories – and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.”
Ronnie James Dio – 1942 – Musician
“The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.”
Arthur Ashe – 1943 – Athlete
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
Arlo Guthrie – 1947 – Musician
“I’d rather have friends who care than friends who agree with me.”
Seth Godin – 1960 – Writer
“Dig your well before you’re thirsty.”
Adrian Grenier – 1976 – Actor
“It’s enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.”
Jessica Simpson – 1980 – Musician
“People always say that pregnant women have a glow. And I say it’s because you’re sweating to death.”
Karen Russell – 1981 – Novelist
“For me, writing is a parenthesis where I can make sense of life.”
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