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"And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop't we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to It for helpfor It
Rolls impotently on as Thou or I."
Omar Khayyam
(05/18/1048
12/04/1131)
Persian writer, mathematician
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
Lord Bertrand Russell
(05/18/1872
02/02/1970)
Welsh philosopher
(was married to Dora, Countess Russell)
"John is half-tyrant, half-revolutionary; half-saint, half-satan; half-possible, half-impossible; half-genius, half-Irish."
Frank Capra
(05/18/1897
09/03/1991)
US film director
"Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!"
George Meredith
(02/12/1828
05/18/1909)
English writer
"Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance."
Pope John Paul II
(05/18/1920
04/02/2005)
Polish religious leader
"I'd rather hit than have sex."
Reggie Jackson
(05/18/1946
)
US baseball player
"The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry."
James Truslow Adams
(10/18/1878
05/18/1949)
US historian
"You see I am very stupid. I don't understand or talk well. I take it easy every day. I am like an idiot. Be like this every day, and then you'll look young."
Chow Yun-Fat
(05/18/1955
)
Chinese actor
"Punk is the voice that shouts the loudest from the silence of inertia."
Toyah Willcox
(05/18/1958
)
English musician
(married to Robert Fripp)
"I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey."
Tina Fey
(05/18/1970
)
US comic, writer, actor (SNL)
"We're half the people; we should be half the Congress."
Jeannette Rankin
(06/11/1880
05/18/1973)
first female US Representative (MT)
"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness."
William Saroyan
(08/31/1908
05/18/1981)
US writer
(was married to Carol Grace)
"I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away."
Chris Cornell
(07/20/1964
05/18/2017)
US singer (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog)
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