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"I bequeath all my property to my wife on the condition that she remarry immediately. Then there will be at least one man to regret my death."
Heinrich Heine
(12/13/1797
02/17/1856)
German writer
"One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young."
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
(02/17/1879
11/09/1958)
US writer
"I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvelous. It must be very inexpensive."
C. S. Calverley
(12/22/1831
02/17/1884)
English writer
"A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials."
Ronald Knox
(02/17/1888
08/24/1957)
English writer, theologian
"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."
Geronimo
(06/16/1829
02/17/1909)
Native American leader
"Of course, you start with dreams of being a star. You want recognition, public recognition. And why not? You're doing public work."
Sir Alan Bates
(02/17/1934
12/27/2003)
English actor
"To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother."
Barry Humphries
(02/17/1934
)
Australian writer, actor
"If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing."
Mary Frances Berry
(02/17/1938
)
US writer
"The only power an actor has is the ability to say: 'No'."
Lou Diamond Phillips
(02/17/1962
)
Filipino actor
"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
Michael Jordan
(02/17/1963
)
US basketball player
"If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero."
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
(05/23/1875
02/17/1966)
US businessman (GM)
("Adventures of a white collar man")
"Doing love scenes is always awkward. I mean, it's just not a normal thing to go to work and lay in bed with your co-worker."
Denise Richards
(02/17/1971
)
US actor
(was married to Charlie Sheen)
"A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over the garbage can and says 'That's punk?', and I say 'No, that's trendy!'"
Billie Joe Armstrong
(02/17/1972
)
US singer, guitarist, songwriter (Green Day)
"I live in a very dangerous part of Los Angeles. It's called Los Angeles."
Ralphie May
(02/17/1972
10/06/2017)
US comic
"I went to Wal-Mart for the first time. I always thought they sold wallpaper."
Paris Hilton
(02/17/1981
)
US heiress
(great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton)
"I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage."
Lefty Gómez
(11/26/1908
02/17/1989)
US baseball player
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