“The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means.”
“We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.”
| Spiro T. Agnew, Politician (1918) |
| Mark Akenside, Poet (1721) |
| Benjamin Banneker, Scientist (1731) |
| Jack Carroll, Politician (1942) |
| Jill Dando, Journalist (1961) |
| Lou Ferrigno, Actor (1952) |
| Bob Gibson, Athlete (1935) |
| Ronald Harwood, Playwright (1934) |
| Muhammad Iqbal, Poet (1877) |
| Nick Lachey, Musician (1973) |
| Art Carney, Actor (2003) |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Author (1958) |
| Charles De Gaulle, Leader (1970) |
| Steig Larsson, Author (2004) |
| Ivy Lee, Writer (1934) |