Born/Died Today- With Quotes- Born Today.com

"He [Molière] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself."
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
(11/01/1636 – 03/13/1711)
French writer 

"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."
Joseph Priestly
(03/13/1733 – 02/06/1804)
English chemist 

"All paraphrases and expletives are so much in disuse that soon the only way of making love will be to say, 'Lie down.'"
Sir Hugh Walpole
(03/13/1884 – 06/01/1941)
English writer 

"She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table."
Janet Flanner
(03/13/1892 – 11/07/1978)
US journalist , on Elsa Maxwell 

"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory."
Paul Fix
(03/13/1901 – 10/14/1983)
US actor 

"I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process."
Benjamin Harrison
(08/20/1833 – 03/13/1901)
US President (23) (see all US Presidents) 

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
Susan B. Anthony
(02/15/1820 – 03/13/1906)
US suffragist 

"There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is seeing something that isn't there."
L. Ron Hubbard
(03/13/1911 – 01/24/1986)
US writer 

"I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of."
Clarence Darrow
(04/18/1857 – 03/13/1938)
US lawyer 

"If two New Hampshire men aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians."
Stephen Vincent Benet
(07/22/1898 – 03/13/1943)
US writer 

"Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood."
William H. Macy
(03/13/1950 – )
US actor (married to Felicity Huffman) 

"Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold."
Adam Clayton
(03/13/1960 – )
Irish bassist (U2) (also see Bono) , on posing nude for an 'Achtung Baby' photo 

"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear."
Ivo Andric
(10/09/1892 – 03/13/1975)
Bosnian writer 

"Amateurs hope. Professionals work."
Garson Kanin
(11/24/1912 – 03/13/1999)
US writer, director, actor (brother of Michael Kanin) 

"Not nearly as exciting as it would be if I were acknowledged as one of the greatest lays in the world."
Maureen Stapleton
(06/21/1925 – 03/13/2006)
US actor , on winning an Oscar for Reds, and how it felt to be recognized as one of the greatest actresses in the world 

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