The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.
In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.
Amitabh Bachchan, Actor (1942) |
Emily Deschanel, Actress (1976) |
Daryl Hall, Musician (1946) |
Nhat Hanh, Activist (1926) |
Bob Inglis, Politician (1959) |
Roman Jakobson, Scientist (1896) |
Artie Lange, Actor (1967) |
Jean Henri Fabre, Author (1915) |
James Prescott Joule, Physicist (1889) |
Dorothea Lange, Photographer (1965) |