Born/Died Today with Quotes- BornToday.com

"Angling may be said to be so like mathematics that it can never be fully learned." Izaak Walton
(08/09/1593 – 12/15/1683)
English writer (Compleat Angler)

"Beware the fury of a patient man." John Dryden
(08/09/1631 – 05/01/1700)
English writer

"Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting someone else to do the work." John G. Pollard
(08/09/1871 – 04/28/1937)
US Governor (VA)

"Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult." Coco Chanel
(08/09/1883 – 01/10/1971)
French designer, cosmetician

"Sexual intercourse began
in nineteen sixty-three
(Which was rather late for me)
between the end of the Chatterley ban
and the Beatles' first LP." Philip Larkin
(08/09/1922 – 12/02/1985)
English writer

"No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either." Marvin Minsky
(08/09/1927 – )
US computer scientist

"He looks and talks like he just fell off Edgar Bergen's lap." David Steinberg
(08/09/1942 – )
US comic, actor , on Gerald Ford

"I have terrible PMS. I just went a little crazy." Melanie Griffith
(08/09/1957 – )
US actor (daughter of Tippi Hedren) , on changing her mind after filing for divorce from Don Johnson

"Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud." Hermann Hesse
(07/02/1887 – 08/09/1962)
German writer

"I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me." Whitney Houston
(08/09/1963 – 02/11/2012)
US singer

"Are you joining the Army? Good, it'll make a woman of you." Joe Orton
(01/01/1903 – 08/09/1967)
British playwright

"People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent." Gillian Anderson
(08/09/1968 – )
US actor , on her "X Files" character

"My whole life has been decided by fate." Sharon Tate
(01/24/1943 – 08/09/1969)
US actor (was married to Roman Polanski)

"My muse is a tiny, fairy-like creature from Gnardgnanesh: a country that only exists if you wish it to. He's about 4 inches tall, greenish, and resembles a little twig." Thomas Lennon
(08/09/1970 – )
US actor

"I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean." Audrey Tautou
(08/09/1978 – )
French actor

"A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset." James Gould Cozzens
(08/19/1903 – 08/09/1978)
US writer

"Tipper and Al (Gore) came to a show the last time we were in Washington. They're nice people, a nice family. We made every effort not to frighten them. " Jerry Garcia
(08/01/1942 – 08/09/1995

US guitarist, singer (Grateful Dead) (also see Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart)

"I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoes—I thought, 'What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!" Gregory Hines
(02/14/1946 – 08/09/2003)
US dancer, actor

"You've got guys in charge of shows who probably went to school for chemistry, and now they're executive producers." Bernie Mac
(10/05/1957 – 08/09/2008)
US comic, actor