Emanuel Swedenborg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Emanuel Swedenborg – 1688 – Scientist
“Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.”
Lord Amherst -1717 – Soldier
“There are three easy ways of losing money – racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain.”
Thomas Paine – 1737 – Activist
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”
William McKinley – 1843 – 25th President of the United States
“In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.”
Anton Chekhov – 1860 – Dramatist
“Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.”
Frederick Delius – 1862 – Composer
“There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.”
Romain Rolland – 1866 – Novelist
“A hero is a man who does what he can.”
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. – 1874 – Businessman
“Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.”
W. C. Fields – 1880 – Comedian
English: Anton Chekhov (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“You can’t trust water. Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.”
Victor Mature – 1913 – Actor
“Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle.”
John Forsythe – 1918 – Actor
“Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I’ve learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.”
Edward Abbey – 1927 – Author
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.”
Abdus Salam – 1936 – Scientist
“Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.”
Tom Selleck – 1945 – Actor
“If you buy an expensive thing and you never use it, I don’t think there’s a point to it.”
Oprah Winfrey – 1954 – Celebrity
“Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.”
Matthew Ashford – 1960 – Actor
“Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.”
Paul Ryan – 1970 – Politician
“Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.”
Heather Graham – 1970 – Actress
“I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I’d rather have fun.”
Sara Gilbert – 1975 – Actress
“The best thing about being an actress is getting good concert tickets.”
Jonny Lang – 1981 – Musician
“Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I’m doing what I love.”
Natalie du Toit – 1984 – Athlete
“It doesn’t matter if you look different. You’re still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.”
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