altered Edith Wilson portrait – Woodrow Wilson House – Washington DC – 2013-09-15 (Photo credit: Tim Evanson)
Mikhail Lermontov – 1814 – Poet
“Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.”
Friedrich Nietzsche – 1844 – Philosopher
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
Edith Wilson – 1872 – First Lady – Second Wife of President Woodrow Wilson
“I feel I am sharing your work – and being taken into partnership as it were.”
Jane Darwell – 1879 – Actress
“I’ve played Henry Fonda’s mother so often that, whenever we run into each other, I call him ‘son’ and he calls me ‘Ma’, just to save time.”
Marie Stopes – 1880 – Author
“You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul’s own doing.”
P. G. Wodehouse – 1881 – Writer (Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse)
“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”
Godfrey Winn – 1906 – Journalist
“No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.”
John Kenneth Galbraith – 1908 – Economist
“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. – 1917 – Historian
“Righteousness is easy in retrospect.”
Mario Puzo – 1921 – Novelist
“A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.”
Italo Calvino – 1923 – Journalist
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
Lee Iacocca – 1924 – Businessman
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”
Penny Marshall & Ed Begley Jr. (Photo credit: Alan Light)
Evan Hunter – 1926 – Author
“Readers are what it’s all about, aren’t they? If not, why am I writing?”
Leonard Peikoff – 1933 – Philosopher
“The more you learn, if you learn it properly, the more clear you become and the more you know.”
Linda Lavin – 1937 – Actress
“Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking.”
Penny Marshall – 1942 – Actress
“I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.”
Jim Palmer – 1945 – Athlete
“Most pitchers are too smart to manage.”
Joni Eareckson Tada – 1949 – Author
“If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.”
Walter Jon Williams – 1953 – Writer
“I’m not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I’m afraid of what real human beings do to other real human beings.”
Tito Jackson – 1953 – Musician
“I keep my thoughts to myself, and I think that’s one of the best ways to be.”
Sarah Ferguson – 1959 – British Royalty
“Diana was one of the quickest wits I knew; nobody made me laugh like her.”
Todd Solondz – 1959 – Writer
“Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.”
Emeril Lagasse – 1959 – Chef
“Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you’re not really teaching them anything.”
Michael Lewis – 1960 – Author
“I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn’t it be nice if they looked in the mirror?”
Paige Davis – 1969 – Actress
“The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it.”
Vanessa Marcil – 1969 – Actress
“What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendship with other women and her honesty with men.”
Adora Svitak – 1997 – Author
“Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.”
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