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"And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything."
Pierre de Fermat
(circa 10/31/1607
01/12/1665)
French mathematician
, notes in the margin of his copy of Diophantus' Arithmetica
"A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach."
Friedrich von Schlegel
(03/10/1772
01/12/1829)
German writer, critic
"A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth."
John Singer Sargent
(01/12/1856
04/14/1925)
Italian-born US artist
"All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."
Swami Vivekananda
(01/12/1863
07/04/1902)
Indian spiritual leader
("My Master")
"I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks."
Joe E. Lewis
01/12/1902
06/04/1971)
US actor
"The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything."
Luise Rainer
(01/12/1910
12/30/2014)
German actor
(was married to Clifford Odets)
"At what point did Rhythm and Blues start becoming rock'n'roll? When the white kids started to dance to it."
Ruth Brown
(01/12/1928
11/17/2006)
US singer
"Kill the body and the head will die."
Joe Frazier
(01/12/1944
11/07/2011)
US boxer
"I don't think that [children are] any more resilient than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies."
Kirstie Alley
(01/12/1951
)
US actor
"Writing a book just might be the hardest thing I've ever done, besides trying to get laid in college."
Howard Stern
(01/12/1954
)
US radio personality
(also see Robin Quivers)
"I have always admired the Esquimaux (Eskimos). One fine day a delicious meal is cooked for dear old mother, and then she goes walking away over the ice, and doesn't come back."
Agatha Christie
(09/15/1890
01/12/1976)
English writer
("And Then There Were None")
"The Nixon Political Principle: If two wrongs don't make a right, try three."
Dr. Laurence J. Peter
(09/16/1919
01/12/1990)
Canadian pop psychologist, writer
"I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses."
Maurice Gibb
(12/22/1949
01/12/2003)
English singer (Bee Gees)
(was married to Lulu)
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