“In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.”
“Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.”
| Dianna Agron, Actress (1986) |
| Hosea Ballou, Clergyman (1771) |
| Lloyd Banks, Musician (1982) |
| Jane Campion, Director (1954) |
| Duane G. Carey, Astronaut (1957) |
| Johnny Galecki, Actor (1975) |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician (1777) |
| Stephen Harper, Politician (1959) |
| Kaspar Hauser, Celebrity (1812) |
| Cloris Leachman, Actress (1926) |
| George Balanchine, Dancer (1983) |
| Lester Bangs, Critic (1982) |
| Alben W. Barkley, Vice President (1956) |
| Sarah Josepha Hale, Writer (1879) |