Walt Whitman
(05/31/1819 – 03/26/1892)
US poet
"Come again when you can't stay so long."
Walter Richard Sickert
(05/31/1860 – 01/22/1942)
German-English painter
(05/31/1860 – 01/22/1942)
German-English painter
"Only of one thing I am sure:
when I dream
I am always ageless." Elizabeth Coatsworth
(05/31/1893 – 08/31/1986)
US writer
when I dream
I am always ageless." Elizabeth Coatsworth
(05/31/1893 – 08/31/1986)
US writer
"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."
Norman Vincent Peale
(05/31/1898 – 12/24/1993)
US theologian
(05/31/1898 – 12/24/1993)
US theologian
"It is not easy to be a pioneer—but oh, it is
fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for
all the riches in the world."
Elizabeth Blackwell
(02/03/1821 – 05/31/1910)
English-US physician (first female MD)
(02/03/1821 – 05/31/1910)
English-US physician (first female MD)
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."
Clint Eastwood
(05/31/1930 – )
US actor, director, mayor
(05/31/1930 – )
US actor, director, mayor
"I was the class clown, but I was a reluctant class
clown because I was always and still am somewhat embarrassed by
performing. I have terrible stage fright and I don't like being in front
of people."
Chris Elliot
(05/31/1960 – )
US comic, actor (SNL)
(05/31/1960 – )
US comic, actor (SNL)
"Now that I look back, I realize that a life
predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable
life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's own need to
think."
Adolph Eichmann
(03/19/1906 – 05/31/1962)
German war criminal
(03/19/1906 – 05/31/1962)
German war criminal
"Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within."
Edith Hamilton
(08/12/1867 – 05/31/1963)
US educator
(08/12/1867 – 05/31/1963)
US educator
"I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother
mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to
explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood."
Brooke Shields
(05/31/1965 – )
US actor
(05/31/1965 – )
US actor
"Nutrition has been kicked around like a puppy that
cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have kicked it
pretty cruelly."
Adelle Davis
(02/25/1904 – 05/31/1974)
US nutritionist
(02/25/1904 – 05/31/1974)
US nutritionist
"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."
Colin Farrell
(05/31/1976 – )
Irish actor
(05/31/1976 – )
Irish actor
"Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning."
Jack Dempsey
(06/24/1895 – 05/31/1983)
US boxer , when a drunk challenged him
(06/24/1895 – 05/31/1983)
US boxer , when a drunk challenged him
"Everyone should rise up and say, 'Thank you, Mr. President, for bombing Haiphong.'"
Martha Mitchell
(09/02/1918 – 05/31/1996)
Watergate Holstein (was married to John Mitchell)
(09/02/1918 – 05/31/1996)
Watergate Holstein (was married to John Mitchell)
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
Dr. Timothy Leary
(10/22/1920 – 05/31/1996)
US LSD guru
(10/22/1920 – 05/31/1996)
US LSD guru
(07/14/1926 – 05/31/1999)
US comic
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