Picture of a young jounalist George Seldes for a Chicago Tribune filecard (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
William Christopher Handy – 1873 – Musician
“Life is like a trumpet – if you don’t put anything into it, you don’t get anything out of it.”
George S. Kaufman – 1889 – Dramatist
“The kind of doctor I want is one who when he’s not examining me is home studying medicine.”
George Seldes – 1890 – Journalist
“A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press.”
Paul Hindemith – 1895 – Musician
“There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.”
Michael Arlen – 1895 – Writer
“It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you’re going away.”
Jesse Stone – 1901 – Musician
“We need to work to keep from getting rusty.”
Burgess Meredith – 1907 – Actor
“I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often.”
English: Shigeru Miyamoto at the Game Developers Conference 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Jose Saramago – 1922 – Writer
“A human being is a being who is constantly ‘under construction,’ but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.”
Chinua Achebe – 1930 – Writer
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”
Elizabeth Drew – 1935 – Journalist
“Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.”
Terence McKenna – 1946 – Writer
“The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere.”
Shigeru Miyamoto – 1952 – Game Designer
“Video games are bad for you? That’s what they said about rock-n-roll.”
Lisa Bonet – 1967 – Actress
“What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.”
Brooke Elliott – 1974 – Actress
“Look at all the magazines: There’s always 10 ways to be better at something.”
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