Emily Dickinson (Photo credit: Amherst College Archives)
Thomas Holcroft – 1745 – Dramatist
“Love and a red rose can’t be hid.”
George MacDonald – 1824 – Novelist
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
Emily Dickinson – 1830 – Poet
“Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.”
Edward Eggleston – 1837 – Editor
“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.”
Frederick Pollock – 1845 – Judge
“It is odd how learned persons fail to see that new terms and definitions are apt to mean new doubts and litigation.”
Melvil Dewey – 1851 – Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
“The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.”
English: From left to right: R. R. Bowker, Mrs. Dewey and Melvil Dewey (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Adolf Loos – 1870 – Architect
“Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.”
Nelly Sachs – 1891 – Poet
“We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person.”
Lew Brown – 1893 – Musician
“So how can you lose what you’ve never owned?”
William Plomer – 1903 – Author
“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.”
Rumer Godden – 1907 – Novelist
“If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side, because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.”
Olivier Messiaen – 1908 – Composer
“No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.”
Chet Huntley – 1911 – Journalist
“Maybe where there’s clarity of air, there’s clarity of thought.”
Clarice Lispector – 1920 – Writer
“Facts and particulars annoy me.”
Dan Blocker – 1928 – Actor
“My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon – no good for a damn thing.”
Fionnula Flanagan – 1941 – Actress
“I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.”
Kenneth Branagh – 1960 – Actor
“Actors are the best and the worst of people. They’re like kids. When they’re good, they’re very very good. When they’re bad they’re very very naughty.”
Nia Peeples – 1961 – Musician
“Health and beauty is not just about what you apply. If you don’t have it together on the inside, then nothing else is going to matter.”
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