“Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants.”
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?”
| Toni Cade Bambara, Author (1939) |
| Matthew Barney, Artist (1967) |
| Bela Bartok, Composer (1881) |
| John Ensign, Politician (1958) |
| Edward Felten, Scientist (1963) |
| Elton John, Musician (1947) |
| David Lean, Director (1908) |
| Goodman Ace, Writer (1982) |
| Roland Barthes, Critic (1980) |
| Claude Debussy, Composer (1918) |
| Max Eastman, Author (1969) |
| Milton H. Erickson, Psychologist (1980) |
| Greg Garrison, Director (2005) |
| Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Public Servant (1983) |
| Nunnally Johnson, Director (1977) |