“Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They aspire to answer a much broader question-which is how complex organisms like birds, and flowers, and human beings came into existence in the first place.”
“Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.”
| Jane Addams, Activist (1860) |
| Bruno Bauer, Theologian (1809) |
| Henry Seidel Canby, Critic (1878) |
| John Dalton, Scientist (1766) |
| Robyn Davidson, Writer (1950) |
| Carly Fiorina, Businesswoman (1954) |
| Naveen Jain, Businessman (1959) |
| William R. Keating, Politician (1952) |
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Diplomat (1888) |
| Marquis De Lafayette, Revolutionary (1757) |
| Philip James Bailey, Poet (1902) |
| Hanns Eisler, Composer (1962) |
| Edmund Gibson, Judge (1748) |
| Herbert Kaufman, Writer (1947) |
| Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist (2007) |