Famous people born today with pithy quotes- Born Today

"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." Simon Cameron
(03/08/1799 – 06/26/1889)
US Senator (PA), financier

"Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours." Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
(03/08/1841 – 03/06/1935)
US Supreme Court Justice (see other Supreme Court justices; son of Holmes Senior; died near his birthday)

"They were torn between two fires." John Dent
(08/19/1790 – 03/08/1853)
US Congressman

"The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As intelligent Mr. Toad." Kenneth Grahame
(03/08/1859 – 07/06/1932)
Scottish writer

"A tub of pork and beer." Hector Berlioz
(12/11/1803 – 03/08/1869)
French composer , on George Frederick Handel

"An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory." Millard Fillmore
(01/07/1800 – 03/08/1874)
US President (13) (see all US Presidents)

"The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic." Henry Ward Beecher
(06/24/1813 – 03/08/1887)
US writer

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." Gene Fowler
(03/08/1890 – 07/02/1960)
US writer

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." Howard Aiken
(03/08/1900 – 03/14/1973)
US mathematician, engineer (died near his birthday)

"I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town." William Howard Taft
(09/15/1857 – 03/08/1930)
US President (27) (see all US Presidents)

"Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified." Sherwood Anderson
(09/13/1876 – 03/08/1941)
US writer

"The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts." Mickey Dolenz
(03/08/1945 – )
US singer, drummer, actor (Monkees)

"Like two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roof." Sir Thomas Beecham
(04/29/1897 – 03/08/1961)
British composer, conductor , on the harpsichord

"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take." Kathy Ireland
(03/08/1963 – )
US supermodel

"When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I'm artistic and cool and I'm doing the exact same thing I did in high school. It wasn't a very artistic school." Freddie Prinze, Jr.
(03/08/1976 – )
US actor (son of Freddie Prinze; married to Sarah Michelle Gellar)

"They call a man graceful because he hits a little ball with a certain swing. My father hammered piles on a railroad out of Martinez for 10 cents an hour to support a family. That was grace." Joe DiMaggio
(11/25/1914 – 03/08/1999)
US baseball player (was married to Marilyn Monroe)

 

"I know I'm not pretty. I cannot make a place for myself on the screen as a beauty. I am not even an exciting person. There is, therefore, only one thing left. I must be an actress. And the more variety I can get, the more they will think of me as a capable actress." Karen Morley
(12/12/1909 – 03/08/2003)
US actor

"There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters." Alice Thomas Ellis
(09/09/1932 – 03/08/2005)
Welsh writer