"The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens."
Sir Boyle Roche
(10/??/1736 – 06/05/1807)
Irish statesman
Sir Boyle Roche
(10/??/1736 – 06/05/1807)
Irish statesman
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Pancho Villa
(06/05/1878 – 07/23/1923)
Mexican revolutionary , last words
Pancho Villa
(06/05/1878 – 07/23/1923)
Mexican revolutionary , last words
"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."
John Maynard Keynes
(06/05/1883 – 04/21/1946)
English mathematician, economist
John Maynard Keynes
(06/05/1883 – 04/21/1946)
English mathematician, economist
"'Well of course, people are only human,' said Dudley to his brother, as they walked to the house behind the women. 'But it really does not seem much for them to be.'"
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
(06/05/1884 – 08/27/1969)
English writer
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett
(06/05/1884 – 08/27/1969)
English writer
"The only things that the United States has given to the world are skyscrapers, jazz, and cocktails. That is all. And in Cuba, in our America, they make much better cocktails."
Federico Garcia Lorca
(06/05/1898 – 08/19/1936)
Spanish writer, artist, pianist, composer
Federico Garcia Lorca
(06/05/1898 – 08/19/1936)
Spanish writer, artist, pianist, composer
"The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by technology of yesterday."
Dennis Gabor
(06/05/1900 – 07/09/1979)
Hungarian scientist (invented the hologram)
Dennis Gabor
(06/05/1900 – 07/09/1979)
Hungarian scientist (invented the hologram)
"Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark."
O. Henry
(09/11/1862 – 06/05/1901)
US writer , last words?
O. Henry
(09/11/1862 – 06/05/1901)
US writer , last words?
"If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years."
Alfred Kazin
(06/05/1915 – 06/05/1998)
US critic (died on his birthday)
Alfred Kazin
(06/05/1915 – 06/05/1998)
US critic (died on his birthday)
"You know, I don't mind dying. The thing that pisses me off is that I won't get to be an old man. I was looking forward to that."
Robert Lansing
(06/05/1928 – 10/23/1994)
US actor
Robert Lansing
(06/05/1928 – 10/23/1994)
US actor
"I am a Gray who is very afraid of dyeing."
Spalding Gray
(06/05/1941 – 01/10/2004)
US monologuist , on why he won't use a hair dye product
Spalding Gray
(06/05/1941 – 01/10/2004)
US monologuist , on why he won't use a hair dye product
"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much better."
Laurie Anderson
(06/05/1947 – )
US performance artist
Laurie Anderson
(06/05/1947 – )
US performance artist
"Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security. It also can be translated into a source of bitterness."
Sylvia Porter
(06/18/1913 – 06/05/1991)
US economist
Sylvia Porter
(06/18/1913 – 06/05/1991)
US economist
"Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there—or failing to get there."
Max Lerner
(12/20/1902 – 06/05/1992)
US political columnist
Max Lerner
(12/20/1902 – 06/05/1992)
US political columnist
"One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds."
Alfred Kazin
(06/05/1915 – 06/05/1998)
US critic (died on his birthday)
Alfred Kazin
(06/05/1915 – 06/05/1998)
US critic (died on his birthday)
"We're playing at our own level of ability."
Dee Dee Ramone
(09/18/1952 – 06/05/2002)
US bassist (Ramones) (also see Joey Ramone)
Dee Dee Ramone
(09/18/1952 – 06/05/2002)
US bassist (Ramones) (also see Joey Ramone)
"I've talked to you on a number of occasions about the economic problems our nation faces, and I am prepared to tell you it's in a hell of a mess—we're not connected to the press room yet, are we?"
Ronald Reagan
(02/06/1911 – 06/05/2004)
US actor, President (40) (was married to Jane Wyman and Nancy Reagan; father with Wyman of Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan; see other US Presidents)
Ronald Reagan
(02/06/1911 – 06/05/2004)
US actor, President (40) (was married to Jane Wyman and Nancy Reagan; father with Wyman of Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan; see other US Presidents)
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