Saturday, August 30, 2014

Born/Died Today with Quotes- Born Today.com

"When God deprived bishops of sons, Satan gave them nephews."
Pope Alexander III
(??/??/1100? – 08/30/1181)
Italian religious leader , on nepotism in the church


Antonie van Leeuwenhoek "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

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley "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)

Ernest Rutherford "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

Huey Long "Hard work is damn near as overrated as monogamy." Huey Long
(08/30/1893 – 09/10/1935)
US Senator (LA)

Thelma Marjorie Ford "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

John Gunther "All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast." John Gunther
(08/30/1901 – 05/29/1970)
US writer

Roy Wilkins "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

Fred MacMurray "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

Joan Blondell "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

Ted Williams "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)

Warren Buffett "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
"Everything comes to the man who won't wait." Ada Leverson
(??/??/1862 – 08/30/1933)
English writer

Papa John Phillips "Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also." John Phillips
(08/30/1935 – 03/18/2001)
US singer, songwriter

Elizabeth Ann Cole "The only thing I like about being an actress is acting." Elizabeth Ashley
(08/30/1939 – )
US actor

Jonathan Aitken "In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped." Jonathan Aitken
(08/30/1942 – )
Irish minister, perjurer

Robert Crumb "At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else." Robert Crumb
(08/30/1943 – )
US comic artist

Jean-Claude Killy "To win you have to risk loss." Jean-Claude Killy
(08/30/1943 – )
French skier

Molly Ivins "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

Lewis Black "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

Cameron Diaz "I'm a salty, greasy girl. I give every french fry a fair chance." Cameron Diaz
(08/30/1972 – )
US actor

Jean Seberg "Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything." Jean Seberg
(11/13/1938 – 08/30/1979)
US actor

Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe "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

Charles Buchinsky "I look like a quarry someone has dynamited." Charles Bronson
(11/03/1921 – 08/30/2003)
US actor

Naguib Mahfouz "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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