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“Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”
“Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.”
| Wayne Allard, Politician (1943) |
| John Barbirolli, Musician (1899) |
| Steven Bauer, Actor (1956) |
| Maria Callas, Musician (1923) |
| Howard Finster, Artist (1916) |
| Alexander Haig, Public Servant (1924) |
| Julie Harris, Actress (1925) |
| Joey Adams, Comedian (1999) |
| Ferdinand Christian Baur, Theologian (1860) |
| Robertson Davies, Novelist (1995) |
| Marty Feldman, Comedian (1982) |
| Romain Gary, Novelist (1980) |
| Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (2007) |
| Ivan Illich, Sociologist (2002) |
| Philip Larkin, Poet (1985) |