Johannes Kepler – 1571 – Scientist
“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.”
Arthur Murphy – 1727 – Writer
“Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.”
Louis Pasteur – 1822 – Scientist
“Fortune favors the prepared mind.”
John Sergeant Wise – 1846 – Author
“America is good enough for us.”
Mina Loy – 1882 – Artist
“Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.”
Carl Zuckmayer – 1896 – Playwright
“One-half of life is luck; the other half is discipline – and that’s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn’t know what to do with luck.”
Marlene Dietrich – 1901 – Actress
“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him, they do not like him.”
Oscar Levant – 1906 – Composer
“Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.”
Wilfrid Sheed – 1930 – Novelist
“One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.”
Meg Greenfield – 1930 – Editor
“Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.”
Adian Chambers – 1934 – Author
“I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page – sometimes every word as well.”
Cokie Roberts – 1943 – Journalist
“As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.”
Janet Street-Porter – 1946 – Journalist
“Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride.”
David Knopfler – 1952 – Musician
“Trust the tale, not the teller.”
Kevin Patterson – 1964 – Writer
“Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.”
Salman Khan – 1965 – Actor
“In life go straight and turn right.”
Eva La Rue – 1966 – Actress
“If somebody has never been married, they don’t know compromise.”
Sarah Vowell – 1969 – Author
“What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.”
Lily Cole – 1987 – Actress
“Don’t overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I’ve always remembered it.”
Hayley Williams – 1988 – Musician
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.”
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