John Gay
(06/30/1685 – 12/04/1732)
English writer
"One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick possessed." Ann Taylor
(06/30/1782 – 12/20/1866)
English writer
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick possessed." Ann Taylor
(06/30/1782 – 12/20/1866)
English writer
"It is always brave to say what everyone thinks."
Georges Duhamel
(06/30/1884 – 04/13/1966)
French artist
(06/30/1884 – 04/13/1966)
French artist
"As scandal is the second breath of life my name is down for an early copy."
Harold Laski
(06/30/1893 – 03/24/1950)
English politician , on Margot Asquith's autobiography
(06/30/1893 – 03/24/1950)
English politician , on Margot Asquith's autobiography
"I've always regretted that I'm made of
contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have
to accept both its ends."
Czeslaw Milosz
(06/30/1911 – 08/14/2004)
Lithuanian writer
(06/30/1911 – 08/14/2004)
Lithuanian writer
"It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do."
Lena Horne
(06/30/1917 – 05/09/2010)
US singer, actor
(06/30/1917 – 05/09/2010)
US singer, actor
"You have debased my child—you have made him a
laughingstock of intelligence—a stench in the nostrils of the gods of
the ionosphere."
Dr. Lee deForest
(08/26/1873 – 06/30/1961)
US inventor , on his 1906 invention, the Audion Tube, which made commercial radio possible
(08/26/1873 – 06/30/1961)
US inventor , on his 1906 invention, the Audion Tube, which made commercial radio possible
"In common with many Christians of the classic type
he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all he
had, like a man passing a ball in a game."
Margery Allingham
(05/20/1904 – 06/30/1966)
English writer
(05/20/1904 – 06/30/1966)
English writer
"I have only read one book in my life and that is 'White Fang.' It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another."
Nancy Mitford
(11/28/1904 – 06/30/1973)
English writer (sister of Jessica)
(11/28/1904 – 06/30/1973)
English writer (sister of Jessica)
"A face unclouded by thought."
Lillian Hellman
(06/20/1905 – 06/30/1984)
US writer (was married to Dashiell Hammett) , on Norma Shearer
(06/20/1905 – 06/30/1984)
US writer (was married to Dashiell Hammett) , on Norma Shearer
"Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore."
Chet Atkins
(06/20/1924 – 06/30/2001)
US guitar great
(06/20/1924 – 06/30/2001)
US guitar great
"Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much."
Buddy Hackett
(08/31/1924 – 06/30/2003)
US comic
(08/31/1924 – 06/30/2003)
US comic
"Where in this small-talking world can I find a longitude with no platitude?"
Christopher Fry
(12/18/1907 – 06/30/2005)
English writer
(12/18/1907 – 06/30/2005)
English writer
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