Cyril Ponnamperuma (1923-1994) (Photo credit: Smithsonian Institution)
Oscar Wilde – 1854 – Dramatist
“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”
Eugene O’Neill – 1888 – Dramatist
“Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.”
Paul Strand – 1890 – Photographer
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep!”
William O. Douglas – 1898 – Judge
“Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hurled yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.”
Dino Buzzati – 1906 – Novelist
“Fantasy should be as close as possible to journalism.”
Kathleen Winsor – 1919 – Athlete
“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
Cyril Ponnamperuma – 1923 – Scientist
“Scientists are human, they’re as biased as any other group. But they do have one great disadvantage in that science is a self-correcting process.”
Angela Lansbury – 1925 – Actress
“I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.”
Charles Colson – 1931 – Lawyer
“Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.”
Barry Corbin – 1940 – Actor
“We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.”
Robert Bringhurst – 1946 – Poet
“Popularity isn’t just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that’s the dangerous part of the process.”
Suzanne Somers – 1946 – Actress
Andre Leon Talley (Photo credit: Museum at FIT)
“Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.”
David Zucker – 1947 – Director
“Quit now, you’ll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you’ll be halfway there.”
Andre Leon Talley – 1949 – Editor
“I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.”
Elinor Lipman – 1950 – Novelist
“Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don’t go on to the next chapter until I’ve polished and polished and polished the one I’m working on.”
Martha Smith – 1953 – Actress
“I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds.”
James Newman – 1956 – Astronaut
“Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.”
Tim Robbins – 1958 – Actor
“I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you’re afraid to the point where you censor yourself.”
David Neeleman – 1959 – Businessman
“It’s so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.”
John Mayer – 1977 – Musician
“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I’ve got a few missing.”
Jeremy Jackson – 1980 – Actor
“Sometimes you win by losing.”
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