Born Today- Celebrities with Pithy Quotes

"History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." Philip Guedalla
(03/12/1889 – 12/16/1944)
English historian

"I would not have gotten [to Congress] if I had not been as persistent as a hound dog worrying a bone." Gracie Pfost
(03/12/1906 – 08/11/1965)
US Representative (ID)

"In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination." Irving Layton
(03/12/1912 – 01/04/2006)
Romanian-Canadian writer

"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack." Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
(09/13/1830 – 03/12/1916)
Austrian writer

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves." Lane Kirkland
(03/12/1922 – 08/14/1999)
US union leader

"It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on." Jack Kerouac
(03/12/1922 – 10/21/1969)
US writer

"I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you." Edward Albee
(03/12/1928 – )
US playwright

"There's not a day when somebody doesn't smile and say, 'Oh, you're Agent 99.' I like being in a world that regards me in a friendly way." Barbara Feldon
(03/12/1932 – )
US actor

"Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it." Andrew Young
(03/12/1932 – )
US mayor (Atlanta)

"Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics." Liza Minnelli
(03/12/1946 – )
US entertainer (daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli; was married to Peter Allen)

"I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play every day." James Taylor
(03/12/1948 – )
US singer, songwriter (was married to Carly Simon)

"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Charlie Parker
(08/29/1920 – 03/12/1955)
US jazz great

"Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down unless you're a king." Josephine Hull
(01/03/1884 – 03/12/1957)
US actor

"If you've got a good vibrato, you can get away with a lot." Sonny Terry
(10/24/1904 – 03/12/1986)
US harmonica player

"Paralyze resistance with persistence." Woody Hayes
(02/14/1913 – 03/12/1987)
US football coach

"I don't like to write, but I love to have written." Michael Kanin
(02/01/1910 – 03/12/1993)
US writer (brother of Garson Kanin)

"I'd rather have sex with a raccoon." Morton Downey, Jr.
(12/09/1933 – 03/12/2001)
US talk show host, actor, composer (wrote Wipe Out and Pipeline!) , on smoking