Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist and pioneer of cosmonautics. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
King Louis XIV – 1638 – French Royalty
“Everytime I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.”
Casper David Friedrich – 1774 – Artist
“The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.”
John Griffin Carlisle – 1834 – Politician
“After we have calmly stood by and allowed monopolies to grow fat, we should not be asked to make them bloated.”
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky – 1857 – Scientist
“The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.”
Arthur C. Nielsen – 1897 – Businessman
“Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.”
Darryl F. Zanuck – 1902 – Director
“Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”
Arthur Koestler – 1905 – Novelist
“Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.”
John Cage – 1912 – Composer
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”
Jack Valenti – 1921 – Businessman
“There isn’t anything in the world that can’t be made better.”
Justin Kaplan – 1925 – Writer
“Television, despite its enormous presence, turns out to have added pitifully few lines to the communal memory.”
Bob Newhart – 1929 – Comedian
“Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.”
Werner Erhard – 1935 – Celebrity
“Create your future from your future not your past.”
Jonathan Kozol – 1936 – Writer
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
George Lazenby – 1939 – Actor
“Fame is short-lived, and you’re the last to know when you are no longer hot.”
Photo of Cathy Guisewite at the Emmy Awards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
William Devane – 1940 – Actor
“The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.”
Raquel Welch – 1940 – Actress
“You can’t fake listening. It shows.”
Werner Herzog – 1942 – Director
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.”
Al Stewart – 1945 – Musician
“Nothing that’s forced can ever be right, if it doesn’t come naturally, leave it.”
Cathy Guisewite – 1950 – Cartoonist
“Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.”
Herman Koch – 1953 – Writer
“In one way or another, every parent is curious what their children … what they are doing when we don’t see? … What double lives are they leading? Is there something else?”
Graham Yost – 1959 – Writer
“If you put people in a corner, you see what their character really is.”
Ric Keller – 1964 – Politician
“Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it.”
Chris Morris – 1965 – Critic
“The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.”
Sondre Lerche – 1982 – Musician
“History shows us that the songs – the myth, the experience and the emotion – live longer the less you explain.”
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