Drawing upside down – Andrew Wyeth (Photo credit: Ujwala Prabhu)
Claude Bernard – 1813- Psychologist
“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.”
Henry David Thoreau – 1817- Poet
“Luck comes to all who work at making it happen.”
William Osler – 1849 – Scientist
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”
George Eastman – 1854 – Businessman
“What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.”
Max Jacob – 1876 – Poet
“Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn’t want to kill it.”
Oscar Hammerstein – 1895 – Writer
“If you don’t have a dream how are you going to make a dream come true?”
R. Buckminster Fuller – 1895 – Inventor
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
Pablo Neruda – 1904 – Writer
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“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
Milton Berle – 1908 – Comedian (Milton Berlinger)
“Motivation is when dreams put on work clothes.”
Willis Lamb – 1913 – Scientist
“You never find friends following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.”
Andrew Wyeth – 1917 – Artist
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.”
Pierre Berton – 1920 – Author
“Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.”
Beah Richards – 1926 – Actress
“Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?”
Van Cliburn – 1934 – Musician
“I’m not a success, I’m a sensation.”
Bill Cosby – 1937 – Actor and Writer
“I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.”
Phillip Adams – 1939 – Writer
“Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen.”
John Lahr – 1941 – Critic
“Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public.”
Richard Simmons – 1948 – Celebrity
“Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you’ve got to squeeze your buns. That’s my formula.”
Cheryl Ladd – 1951 – Actress
“You have to make peace with life.”
J. D. Hayworth – 1958 – Politician
“A fair question could be posted in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?”
Adam Johnson – 1967 – Writer
“I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn’t speak for themselves.”
Lisa Nicole Carson – 1969 – Actress
“Life is a full meal.”
Kristi Yamaguchi – 1971 – Athlete
“They say, once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.”
Cheyenne Jackson – 1975 – Actress
“I think having a dog makes you more compassionate.”
Michelle Rodriguez – 1978 – Actress
“The best part of making the movies … learning from the pros themselves.”
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