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"An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog."
Friedrich von Schlegel
(03/10/1772
01/12/1829)
German writer, critic
"Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you."
Giuseppe Mazzini
(06/22/1805
03/10/1872)
Genoan revolutionary
"They were torn between two fires." *
John H. Dent
(03/10/1908
04/09/1988)
US Representative (PA)
"We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs."
Eric Berne
(03/10/1910
07/15/1970)
US psychiatrist, writer
"Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural."
Amelia Barr
(03/29/1831
03/10/1919)
English-US writer
"Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written."
Yevgeny Zamyatin
(02/01/1884
03/10/1937)
Russian writer
("We")
"Violence is my last option."
Chuck Norris
(03/10/1940
)
US kickboxer, actor
"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust 'em."
Jim Valvano
(03/10/1946
04/28/1993)
US basketball coach
"A comparison between Madonna and me is a comparison between a strapless evening gown and a gownless evening strap."
Kim Campbell
(03/10/1947
)
Canadian PM (19)
"We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do."
Sharon Stone
(03/10/1958
)
US actor
"It's hard to believe that you're really here, so I just pretend that you're not here."
Edie Brickell
(03/10/1966
)
US singer, songwriter
(married to Paul Simon)
"I definitely have a sexual ego thing. But if I'm suggestive, it's in a nice way. Luckily, no one's ever been hurt... a few girls have passed out, that's all."
Andy Gibb
(03/05/1958
03/10/1988)
English singer, ugh
(brother of the Bee Gees;
died near his birthday)
"I am very flattered people recognize I had something to do with the development of interest in the underwater world."
Lloyd Bridges
(01/15/1913
03/10/1998)
US actor
(father of Beau and
Jeff Bridges)
, on his role in the "Sea Hunt" TV series
"My mother never saw the irony of calling me a son of a bitch."
Richard Jeni
(04/14/1957
03/10/2007)
US comic
"In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game."
Anita Brookner
(07/16/1928
03/10/2016)
English writer
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