English: American writer Henry Cuyler Bunner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
James Wyatt – 1746 – Architect
“Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.”
Hamilton Fish – 1808 – Politician
“If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.”
H. C. Bunner – 1855 – Journalist (Henry Cuyler Bunner)
“Shakespeare was a dramatist of note who lived by writing things to quote.”
Stanley Baldwin – 1867 – Statesman
“I am one of those who would rather sink with faith then swim without it.”
Rupert Brooke – 1887 – Poet
“Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.”
Ernie Pyle – 1900 – Journalist
“If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone.”
Clifford D. Simak – 1904 – Writer
“Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.”
Maggie Kuhn – 1905 – Activist
“When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.”
Maggie Kuhn (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
James MacGregor Burns – 1918 – Author
“In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.”
Walter Wriston – 1919 – Businessman
“Judgment comes from experience – and experience comes from bad judgment.”
P. D. James – 1920 – Novelist (Phyllis Dorothy James)
“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.”
Leon Uris – 1924 – Writer
“Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.”
Marv Levy – 1925 – Coach
“The age factor means nothing to me. I’m old enough to know my limitations and I’m young enough to exceed them.”
Tony Bennett – 1926 – Musician
“To work is to feel alive.
Steven Berkoff – 1937 – Actor
“Writing is the antidote for loneliness.”
Roscoe Mitchell – 1940 – Composer
“If you listen to nature, all the sounds are done in a confident way. I’m trying to do that.”
Martin Sheen – 1940 – Actor
“Anybody who plays golf will tell you that you play against yourself.”
Martha Stewart – 1941 – Entertainer
“My new motto is: When you’re through changing, you’re through.”
Koichi Tanaka – 1959 – Scientist
“From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.”
John C. McGinley – 1959 – Actor
“I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they’re auditioning, because their terror calms me.”
James Hetfield – 1963 – Musician
“I choose to live, not just exist.”
Tom Brady – 1977 – Football Player
“Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.”
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