“No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.”
“Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.”
| Ann Bancroft, Explorer (1955) |
| Colin Dexter, Novelist (1930) |
| Anita Ekberg, Actress (1931) |
| Erika Eleniak, Actress (1969) |
| Enrico Fermi, Physicist (1901) |
| Greer Garson, Actress (1908) |
| Elizabeth Gaskell, Novelist (1810) |
| Julia Gillard, Statesman (1961) |
| Gwen Ifill, Journalist (1955) |
| Mohammad Khatami, Philosopher (1943) |
| Charles Samuel Addams, Cartoonist (1988) |
| Rebecca Harding Davis, Author (1910) |
| Shusaku Endo, Author (1996) |
| Greg Giraldo, Comedian (2010) |
| Alphonse Karr, Critic (1890) |