Sarah Kemble Siddons
(07/05/1755 – 06/08/1831)
English actor
"Two great talkers will not travel far together."
George Borrow
(07/05/1803 – 07/26/1881)
English writer, linguist
(07/05/1803 – 07/26/1881)
English writer, linguist
"More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing nothing, than by believing too much."
P. T. Barnum
(07/05/1810 – 04/07/1891)
US entrepreneur, showman
(07/05/1810 – 04/07/1891)
US entrepreneur, showman
"The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton."
Cecil Rhodes
(07/05/1853 – 03/26/1902)
English statesman , on why he left England for South Africa
(07/05/1853 – 03/26/1902)
English statesman , on why he left England for South Africa
"Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide
their age in half, double the price of their clothes, and always add at
least five years to the age of their best friend."
Marcel Achard
(07/05/1899 – 09/04/1974)
French writer
(07/05/1899 – 09/04/1974)
French writer
"He imitated me so well that I couldn't stand myself any longer."
Georges Pompidou
(07/05/1911 – 04/02/1974)
French President
(07/05/1911 – 04/02/1974)
French President
"The only problem with doing the impossible is that everybody expects you to duplicate the impossible."
John McKay
(07/05/1923 – 06/10/2001)
US football coach
(07/05/1923 – 06/10/2001)
US football coach
"Music should never be harmless."
Robbie Robertson
(07/05/1944 – )
Canadian guitarist, singer (The Band)
(07/05/1944 – )
Canadian guitarist, singer (The Band)
"The world is eaten up by boredom. It is like dust.
You go about and never notice, you breathe it in. It is sifted so fine,
it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and
there it is, coating your face and hands."
Georges Bernanos
(02/20/1888 – 07/05/1948)
French writer
(02/20/1888 – 07/05/1948)
French writer
"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent
life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to
contact us."
Bill Watterson
(07/05/1951 – )
US cartoonist (Calvin & Hobbes)
(07/05/1951 – )
US cartoonist (Calvin & Hobbes)
"One of the nicest old ladies I've ever met."
William Faulkner
(09/25/1897 – 07/05/1962)
US writer , on Henry James
(09/25/1897 – 07/05/1962)
US writer , on Henry James
"Conceit is God's gift to little men."
Bruce Barton
(08/05/1886 – 07/05/1967)
US congressman, ad man (invented "Betty Crocker")
(08/05/1886 – 07/05/1967)
US congressman, ad man (invented "Betty Crocker")
"If your contribution has been vital there will
always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your
claim to immortality."
Walter Gropius
(05/18/1883 – 07/05/1969)
German architect (was married to Alma Schindler)
(05/18/1883 – 07/05/1969)
German architect (was married to Alma Schindler)
"The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me."
Howard Nemerov
(03/01/1920 – 07/05/1991)
US writer
(03/01/1920 – 07/05/1991)
US writer
"By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it."
Ted Williams
(08/30/1918 – 07/05/2002)
US baseball player
(08/30/1918 – 07/05/2002)
US baseball player
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