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In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.
Jack Adams, Athlete (1895) |
Gene Barry, Actor (1919) |
Alexander John Ellis, Writer (1814) |
Arthur Erickson, Architect (1924) |
Louis Finkelstein, Clergyman (1895) |
Boy George, Musician (1961) |
Michael Gerber, Writer (1969) |
Marla Gibbs, Actress (1931) |
Lucy Hale, Actress (1989) |
Burl Ives, Musician (1909) |
William Wallace Campbell, Scientist (1938) |
Mary Cassatt, Artist (1926) |
Jerome K. Jerome, Author (1927) |
June Jordan, Writer (2002) |