English: Full-length portrait of the Maine author Sarah Orne Jewett by photographer Arnold Genthe. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D. C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
James Joseph Sylvester – 1814 – Mathematician
“Mathematics is the music of reason.”
Sarah Orne Jewett – 1849 – Author
“What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.”
Louis Sullivan – 1856 – Architect
“Words are the most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.”
Ferdinand Porsche – 1875 – Designer
“I couldn’t find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.”
Loren Eiseley – 1907 – Scientist
“Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.”
Kitty Carlisle – 1910 – Musician
“My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.”
Alan Ladd – 1913 – Actor
“Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a floor of weak material.”
Dixie Lee Ray – 1914 – Politician
“The general public has long been divided into two parts, those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will.”
Mort Walker – 1923 – Artist
“Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.”
Loren Eiseley (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alison Lurie – 1926 – Novelist
“We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.”
Hugh Sidey – 1927 – Journalist
“A sense of humor … is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on ones lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp on life.”
Eileen Brennan – 1935 – Actress
“Actors are crazy or we wouldn’t be doing this.”
Eduardo Galeano – 1940 – Journalist
“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
Al Jardine – 1942 – Musician
“Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris.”
Michael Huffington – 1947 – Politician
“In so many things, growth comes from adversity.”
Kjell Magne Bondevik – 1947 – Norwegian Statesman
“Knowledge of other people’s beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.”
Dave Ramsey – 1960 – Author
“Credit is an ‘I love debt’ score.”
Malcolm Gladwell – 1963 – Author
“We don’t know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don’t always appreciate their fragility.”
William Eardley IV – 1964 – Public Servant
“Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn’t all have to be by tomorrow.”
Rachel Johnson – 1965 – Author
“Being boring is just wrong, isn’t it? You wouldn’t have got anywhere being boring.”
Charlie Sheen – 1965 – Actor
“As kids we’re not taught how to deal with success; we’re taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?”
Kiran Desai – 1971 – Author
“The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.”
Jeannie Finch – 1980 – Athlete
“There’s nothing better than working up a good sweat.”
Paz de la Huerta – 1984 – Actress
“I don’t ever wear makeup. I steam my face. I put hot water to open pores and cold water to close them.”
Shaun White – 1986 – Athlete
“The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency. The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it’s really anybody’s game out there.”
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