[Portrait of Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden, between 1938 and 1948] (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)
“Treason doth never prosper: What’s the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley – 1792 – Poet
“Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.”
Walter Pater – 1839 – Critic
“Art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass.”
William Henry Hudson – 1841 – Author
“You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.”
Harry Lauder – 1870 – Entertainer
“Aye, I’m tellin’ ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else.”
Ezra Taft Benson – 1899 – Leader
“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.”
Louis Armstrong – 1901 – Jazz Trumpeter and Singer
“All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song.”
Helen Thomas – 1920 – Journalist
“We won’t really know what will happen until it happens.”
Klaus Schulze – 1947 – Composer
“Everything changes permanently. How boring if it wouldn’t.”
Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Billy Bob Thornton – 1955 – Actor
“I don’t have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.”
Mary Decker – 1958 – Athlete
“I’ve always got such high expectations for myself. I’m aware of them, but I can’t relax them.”
Barack Obama – 1961 – 44th President of the United States
“It’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you will realize your true potential.”
Daniel Dae Kim – 1968 – Actor
“There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking – and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.”
Jeff Gordon – 1971 – Race Car Driver
“I don’t feel I’m a step above anyone on this team. I’m just another link in the chain.”
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