Born/Died Today with Quotes. Born Today.com

"I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest."
Alexandre Dumas Fils
(07/27/1824 – 11/27/1895)
French writer (son of Dumas père)

"Like many beginning writers, I had to make the difficult leap from short stories to learning the craft and form of a novel." John Dalton
(09/06/1766 – 07/27/1844)
English scientist

"The Llama is a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat
with an indolent expression and an undulating throat
Like an unsuccessful literary man." Hilaire Belloc
(07/27/1870 – 07/16/1953)
French writer

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?" Leo Durocher
(07/27/1906 – 10/07/1991)
US baseball player, coach

"My billing has always been; 'and', or 'with', or 'including.' That's all right; let the stars take the blame." Keenan Wynn
(07/27/1916 – 10/14/1986)
US actor

"If you are what you eat, then one of the sharks in 'Jaws' is a beer can, half a mackerel and a Louisiana license plate... The other characters in the film are nowhere nearly so fully packed." Vincent Canby
(07/27/1924 – 10/15/2000)
US film critic

"He tricked me into marrying him. He told me he was pregnant." Carol Leifer
(07/27/1956 – )
US comic (You can buy this photo)

"I loved Gilda when I was 6 or 7, because I had hair like Roseanne Rosannadanna." Maya Rudolph
(07/27/1972 – )
US comic actor (SNL; daughter of Minnie Riperton)

"Certainly no style seems at first glance to provide a richer field for the investigations of Herr Freud." Sir Osbert Lancaster
(08/04/1908 – 07/27/1980)
English illustrator, gardener , on Art Deco

"I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse." William Wyler
(07/01/1902 – 07/27/1981)
French director

"Not a bad old slob." James Mason
(05/15/1909 – 07/27/1984)
English actor , on Louella Parsons

"You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." Bob Hope
(05/29/1903 – 07/27/2003)
English-born comic