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"Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same punishment as traitors."

Alfonso X the Wise
(11/23/1221 – 04/04/1284)
Spanish royalty ("Siete Partidas (Seven-Part Code)")

"He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously."

Oliver Goldsmith
(11/10/1728 – 04/04/1774)
Irish writer ("The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself")

"Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better."

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
(04/04/1828 – 06/25/1897)
Scottish writer ("Squire Arden")

"A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged."

William Henry Harrison
(02/09/1773 – 04/04/1841)
US President (9) for a month
(grandfather of Benjamin Harrison)

"Up with your damned nonsense will I put twice, or perhaps once, but sometimes always, by God, never."

Hans Richter
(04/04/1843 – 12/05/1916)
Hungarian conductor

"It is disappointing to report that George Bernard Shaw appearing as George Bernard Shaw is sadly miscast in the part. Satirists should be heard and not seen."

Robert E. Sherwood
(04/04/1896 – 11/14/1955)
US playwright ("Idiot's Delight")

"Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, men are men. Whether heterosexual or homosexual. The only difference is that some of them remind you of it as soon as you meet them, and others wait for a little while."

Marguerite Duras
(04/04/1914 – 03/03/1996)
French writer ("L'Amant (The Lover)")

"He took my music. But he gave me my name."

Muddy Waters
(04/04/1913 – 04/30/1983)
US blues singer, guitarist ("Rollin' Stone") , on Mick Jagger

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I am with you kid. Let's go!'"

Maya Angelou
(04/04/1928 – 05/28/2014)
US writer ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings")

"I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life."

Anthony Perkins
(04/04/1932 – 09/12/1992)
US actor ("Psycho")

"I'm allergic to drugs and alcohol. They make me break out in handcuffs."

Robert Downey, Jr.
(04/04/1965 – )
US actor ("Chaplin")
(relationship with Sarah Jessica Parker)

"I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law."

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
(01/15/1929 – 04/04/1968)
US religious leader, civil rights activist ("Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story")
(was married to Coretta Scott King)

"Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone."

Hodding Carter II
(02/03/1907 – 04/04/1972)
US journalist ("The Angry Scar: The Story of Reconstruction")

"This is the most dangerous thing I will probably ever do in my life, except for having a kid."

David Blaine
(04/04/1973 – )
US magician , on sitting in a glass box 44 days above the Thames

"Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most nonallied."

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(01/05/1928 – 04/04/1979)
Pakistani statesman

"I never studied acting in Australia. I never had an empty stage and black pajamas to run around and express myself."

Heath Ledger
(04/04/1979 – 01/22/2008)
Australian actor ("The Dark Knight")
(was partner with Naomi Watts)

"I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book."

Gloria Swanson
(03/27/1899 – 04/04/1983)
US actor ("Sunset Boulevard")

"The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language."

Max Frisch
(05/15/1911 – 04/04/1991)
Swiss writer, architect ("An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains")

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