Photo of Carlo Collodi. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Baruch Spinoza – 1632 – Philosopher
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”
Junipero Serra – 1713 – Clergyman
“We found on our journey as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.”
Laurence Sterne – 1713 – Novelist
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”
John Bacon – 1740 – Sculptor
“It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.”
Zachary Taylor – 1784 – 12th President of the United States
“It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.”
Alphonse Karr – 1808 – Critic
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”
English: Frances Hodgson Burnett (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Carlo Collodi – 1826 – Author of Pinocchio
“When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett – 1849 – Playwright
“I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.”
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec – 1864 – Artist
“Of course one should not drink much, but often.”
Alben W. Barkley – 1877 – Vice President of the United States
“The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.”
Anna Louise Strong – 1885 – Journalist
“To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.”
Margaret Anderson – 1886 – Editor
“Self-preservation is the first responsibility.”
Dale Carnegie – 1888 – Writer and Public Speaker
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
Garson Kanin – 1912 – Playwright
“Amateurs hope, professionals work.”
John Lindsay – 1921 – Politician
“Not only is New York City the nation’s melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.”
William F. Buckley, Jr. – 1925 – Journalist
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
Billy Connolly – 1942 – Comedian
“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.”
Denise Crosby – 1957 – Actress
“The Crosby family is sort of legendary for all of its traumas and familial problems, even though it has this appearance of being this perfect world. It had quite a dark side to it.”
Shirley Henderson – 1965 – Actress
“There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.”
Colin Hanks – 1977 – Actor
“I don’t need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.”
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