Born/Died Today with Quotes- Born Today.com

"Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure."
Benjamin Harrison
(08/20/1833 – 03/13/1901)
US President (23) (see all US Presidents)

"The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice." William Booth
(04/10/1829 – 08/20/1912)
English religious leader, Salvation Army founder

"Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him." Jacqueline Susann
(08/20/1921 – 09/21/1974)
US writer , on Roth’s novel "Portnoy’s Complaint"

"If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes." Leon Trotsky
(10/26/1879 – 08/20/1940)
Russian revolutionary

"When my agent told me he had a voice-over job I thought it was a Disney thing." Isaac Hayes
(08/20/1942 – 08/10/2008)
US composer, singer , on the 'Chef' role on the South Park TV show

"The way I see it, rock'n'roll is folk music." Robert Plant
(08/20/1948 – )
English singer (Led Zeppelin) (also see Jimmy Page)

"My attitude these days is, if you write a bad song, what are they gonna do, throw you in songwriter jail?" John Hiatt
(08/20/1952 – )
US singer, songwriter

"To tell you the truth, if Oliver Stone had wanted Pat Nixon to wear a G-String and swing from a chandelier, I would have played it that way." Joan Allen
(08/20/1956 – )
US actor , on her role in the movie "Nixon"

"Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul." John Carmack
(08/20/1970 – )
US game programmer

"There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for." Sir Fred Hoyle
(06/24/1915 – 08/20/2001)
English astronomer

"Only the little people pay taxes." Leona Helmsley
(07/04/1920 – 08/20/2007)
US real estate salesperson, heiress, felon