At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past.
| Grace Abbott, Activist (1878) |
| David Amram, Composer (1930) |
| Danny DeVito, Actor (1944) |
| Howard Dean, Politician (1948) |
| Shelby Foote, Author (1916) |
| Eva Gabrielsson, Author (1953) |
| Isaac Hanson, Musician (1980) |
| James Inhofe, Politician (1934) |
| Richard Jewell, Celebrity (1962) |
| Roland Joffe, Director (1945) |
| John Eaton, Politician (1856) |
| Abba Eban, Diplomat (2002) |
| Don Gibson, Musician (2003) |
| Eric Gill, Sculptor (1940) |

