Born Today- Jan 16 With Quotes

"Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself."
Edward Gibbon
(05/08/1737 – 01/16/1794)
English historian 

"By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well."
Eleanor Marx
(01/16/1855 – 03/31/1898)
English-born socialist, writer, philanthropist (daughter of Karl Marx) 

"Right or wrong, the customer is always right."
Marshall Field
(08/18/1834 – 01/16/1906)
US businessman 

"I remember Tallulah telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?"
Ethel Merman
(01/16/1909 – 02/15/1984)
US singer 

"The game was closer than the score indicated."
Dizzy Dean
(01/16/1911 – 07/17/1974)
US baseball player , on losing 1-0 

"McKinley shows all the backbone of a chocolate eclair."
Theodore Roosevelt
(10/27/1858 – 01/16/1919)
US President (26) (see all US Presidents; cousin of Franklin Roosevelt; father of Alice Roosevelt Longworth) 

"The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people."
Dian Fossey
(01/16/1932 – 12/26/1985)
US zoologist 

"The thing to do [for insomnia] is to get an opera score and read that. That will bore you to death."
Marilyn Horne
(01/16/1934 – )
US singer 

"Every car has a lot of speed in it. The trick is getting the speed out of it."
A. J. Foyt
(01/16/1935 – )
US writer 

"Hollywood is where they write the alibis before they write the story."
Carole Lombard
(10/06/1908 – 01/16/1942)
US actor 

"Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive someday."
Ronnie Milsap
(01/16/1944 – )
US singer 

"Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage."
Laura Schlessinger
(01/16/1947 – )
US entertainer, poser 

"In France, I'm an auteur; in Germany, a filmmaker; in Britain, a genre film director; and, in the USA, a bum."
John Carpenter
(01/16/1948 – )
US director 

"I asked my wife to try anal sex. She said, 'Sure. You first.'"
Robert Schimmel
(01/16/1950 – 09/03/2010)
US comic 

"Assassins!"
Arturo Toscanini
(03/25/1867 – 01/16/1957)
Russian violinist, conductor, composer , to his orchestra 

"Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling."
Gabrielle Reece
(01/16/1970 – )
US professional volleyball player and supermodel 

"It's a sin to be tired."
Kate Moss
(01/16/1974 – )
US supermodel 

"An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes."
Earl Wilson
(05/03/1907 – 01/16/1987)
US columnist 

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