We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
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) |