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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Thomas Campbell, Poet (1777) |
Vincent Canby, Critic (1924) |
Donald Evans, Public Servant (1946) |
Peggy Fleming, Athlete (1948) |
Bobbie Gentry, Musician (1944) |
Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (1916) |
Juliana Hatfield, Musician (1967) |
Norman Lear, Producer (1922) |
Carol Leifer, Comedian (1956) |
Richard Aldington, Writer (1962) |
John Dalton, Scientist (1844) |
Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1986) |