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"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way."
John Paul Jones
(07/06/1747
07/18/1792)
US naval officer
"We met Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead."
Jane Austen
(12/16/1775
07/18/1817)
English writer
"It is the ground, it's too far away."
Dr. W. G. Grace
(07/18/1848
10/23/1915)
English cricket legend
, on poor fielding
"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong timebut a good plan should keep a concentration from forming."
Charles E. Wilson
(07/18/1890
09/26/1961)
US corporate president (General Motors)
"We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions."
Jessamyn West
(07/18/1902
02/23/1984)
US writer
(Thanks to the other Jessamyn for the photo)
"I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose."
Sam I. Hayakawa
(07/18/1906
02/27/1992)
Canadian-US semanticist, senator (CA)
"The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men."
Lupe Velez
(07/18/1908
12/14/1944)
Mexican actor
(was married to Johnny Weissmuller)
"If you're doing the devil, look for the angel in him. If you're doing the angel, look for the devil in him."
Hume Cronyn
(07/18/1911
06/15/2003)
Canadian actor
(was married to Jessica Tandy)
, on acting
"It proves what they always say: give the public what they want and they'll come out for it."
Red Skelton
(07/18/1913
09/17/1997)
US comic, actor, painter
, on Harry Cohn's funeral
"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special."
Nelson Mandela
(07/18/1918
12/05/2013)
African statesman
"I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets."
John Glenn
(07/18/1921
12/08/2016)
US astronaut, senator (OH)
"I came into this world black, naked and ugly. And no matter how much I accumulate here, it's a short journey. I will go out of this world black, naked and ugly. So I enjoy life."
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
(07/18/1929
02/12/2000)
US singer
"I rarely wear clothes when I'm home by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make sure the gardener's not coming that day."
Kristen Bell
(07/18/1980
)
US actor
"The voice of intelligence... is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance."
Dr. Karl A. Menninger
(07/22/1893
07/18/1990)
US scientist, psychologist
(died near his birthday)
"Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
General William Westmoreland
(03/26/1914
07/18/2005)
US military
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