Charles Townsend, 2nd Viscount Townsend (Photo credit: lisby1)
John Locke – 1632 – Philosopher
“As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.”
Charles Townshend – 1725 – British Politician
“I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes – 1809 – Writer
“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”
Henry Bergh – 1811 – Activist
“Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind.”
Edward Carpenter – 1844 – Activist
“Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.”
Maurice Maeterlinck – 1862 – Dramatist
“We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.”
Charles Kettering – 1876 – Inventor
“People are very open-minded about new things – as long as they’re exactly like the old ones.”
Ingrid Bergman – 1915 – Actress
“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”
George Montgomery – 1916 – Artist
“The toughest workout can never match the pain of being out of work.”
Anthony Crosland – 1918 – Politician
“What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.”
Charlie Parker – 1920 – Musician
“Don’t play the saxophone. Let it play you.”
Richard Attenborough – 1923 – Actor
“And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.”
John McCain – 1936 – Politician
“We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves, from ourselves.”
Elliott Gould – 1938 – Actor
“There’s nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there’s nothing other then machinery that can replace youth.”
James Brady – 1940 – Activist
“When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I have several stands around here.”
Gordon Bethune – 1941 – Businessman
“You’re only as good as your dumbest competitor.”
Bob Beamon – 1946 – Athlete
“Whatever you do, don’t do it halfway.”
Humphrey Carpenter – 1946 – Author
[Portrait of Charlie Parker, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947] (LOC) (Photo credit: The Library of Congress)
Michael Jackson – 1958 – Musician
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.”
Thomas Marshburn – 1960 – Astronaut
“The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance.”
Todd English – 1960 – Chef
“I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.”
Brian Chesky – 1981 – Businessman
“The stuff that matters in life is no longer stuff. It’s other people. It’s relationships. It’s experience.”
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