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"They that govern the most, make least noise."
John Selden
(12/16/1584
11/30/1654)
English jurist
"Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."
Jane Austen
(12/16/1775
07/18/1817)
English writer
"All things by immortal power,
Near and Far
Hiddenly
To each other linked are,
That thou canst not stir a flower
Without troubling of a star."
Francis Thompson
(12/16/1859
11/13/1907)
English writer
"It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true."
George Santayana
(12/16/1863
09/26/1952)
Spanish philosopher, writer
"An empty canvas, apparently really empty, that says nothing and is without significance. Almost dull, in fact. In reality, however, [it's] crammed with thousands of undertone tensions and [is] full of expectancy. Slightly apprehensive lest it should be outraged... It can contain anything but cannot sustain everything... An empty canvas is a living wonderfar lovelier than certain pictures."
Wassily Kandinsky
(12/16/1866
12/13/1944)
Russian artist
(died near his birthday)
"I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere."
Sir Noel Coward
(12/16/1899
03/26/1973)
English writer
(same dates as Beethoven)
, on a sycophantic columnist
"The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great best-sellers."
V. S. Pritchett
(12/16/1900
03/20/1997)
English writer
"Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible."
Margaret Mead
(12/16/1901
11/15/1978)
US anthropologist
"If no thought your mind does visit
make your speech not too explicit."
Piet Hein
(12/16/1905
04/17/1996)
Danish inventor
"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
(12/16/1917
03/19/2008)
English scientist, writer
"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."
Philip K. Dick
(12/16/1928
03/02/1982)
US writer
"Hollywood is loneliness beside the swimming pool."
Liv Ullmann
(12/16/1938
)
Norwegian actor
"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."
Philip Guedalla
(03/12/1889
12/16/1944)
English historian
"Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be."
Barbara Smith
(12/16/1946
)
US writer
"Can't do it, simply cause underneath 'em is too ugly."
Billy Gibbons
(12/16/1949
)
US musician (ZZ Top)
, on why he and Dusty Hill refused a hefty sum from Gillette to shave their beards
"Ever notice that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved?"
Bill Hicks
(12/16/1961
02/26/1994)
US comic
"I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a womanthree things I won't do on film."
Lee Van Cleef
(01/09/1925
12/16/1989)
US actor
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