Pope Alexander III
(??/??/1100? – 08/30/1181)
Italian religious leader , on nepotism in the church
"In the year of 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water."
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek(10/24/1632 – 08/30/1723)
Dutch biologist
"My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed—my dearest pleasure when free."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley(08/30/1797 – 02/01/1851)
English writer (was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley)
"If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment."
Ernest Lord Rutherford(08/30/1871 – 10/19/1937)
New Zealand physicist
"Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy."
Huey Long(08/30/1893 – 09/10/1935)
US Senator (LA)
"Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance."
Shirley Booth(08/30/1898 – 10/16/1992)
US actor
"Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better
education. Be persistent and ornery: this will be good for the
lethargic educational establishment and will aid the whole cause of
public education."
Roy Wilkins(08/30/1901 – 09/08/1981)
US activist, statesman
"Carole Lombard was a wonderful girl. Swore like a man. Other women try, but she really did."
Fred MacMurray(08/30/1908 – 11/05/1991)
US actor
"I heard that, before 'Baby Jane,' when Bette Davis was washed up in the movies and took her act on the road, Tallulah Bankhead sent her a first-night telegram which read: 'Kisses on Your Opening.' Tallulah was AC-DC. Bette is strictly B.D."
Joan Blondell(08/30/1909 – 12/25/1979)
US actor (was married to Dick Powell, Michael Todd)
"That part of his speech was rather like being savaged by a dead sheep."
Denis Healey
(08/30/1917 – )
English statesman , on being attacked by Sir Geoffrey Howe in debate
(08/30/1917 – )
English statesman , on being attacked by Sir Geoffrey Howe in debate
"If you don't think too good, don't think too much."
Ted Williams(08/30/1918 – 07/05/2002)
US baseball player
"Every newborn baby is a little savage."
Daryl Gates
(08/30/1926 – 04/16/2010)
US police chief (Los Angeles)
(08/30/1926 – 04/16/2010)
US police chief (Los Angeles)
"The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it."
Warren Buffett(08/30/1930 – )
US investor , on junk bonds
"Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also."
John Phillips(08/30/1935 – 03/18/2001)
US singer, songwriter
"In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped."
Jonathan Aitken(08/30/1942 – )
Irish minister, perjurer
"At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else."
Robert Crumb(08/30/1943 – )
US comic artist
"What is a teenager in San Francisco to rebel
against, for pity's sake? Their parents are all so busy trying to be
non-judgmental, it's no wonder they take to dyeing their hair green."
Molly Ivins(08/30/1944 – 01/31/2007)
US writer
"I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out."
Lewis Black(08/30/1948 – )
US comic , on his political views
"I'm a salty, greasy girl. I give every french fry a fair chance."
Cameron Diaz(08/30/1972 – )
US actor
"Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything."
Jean Seberg(11/13/1938 – 08/30/1979)
US actor
"Fred Astaire
will never say, though he's always asked, which of his dancing ladies
was his favorite partner. If you ask me, he preferred the solo turns."
Vera-Ellen(02/16/1921 – 08/30/1981)
US dancer, actor
"Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive
jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes
are better than the shortest wars."
George Mikes
(02/15/1912 – 08/30/1987)
English writer
(02/15/1912 – 08/30/1987)
English writer
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
Naguib Mahfouz(12/11/1911 – 08/30/2006)
Egyptian writer
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