“We do very little re-writing in the office. We often take on people who show great promise and who we hope will develop into somebody important and someone good.”
“You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.”
| Diane Abbott, Politician (1953) |
| Samuel Adams, Revolutionary (1722) |
| Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher (1821) |
| Randy Bachman, Musician (1943) |
| Ed Case, Politician (1952) |
| Shaun Cassidy, Musician (1958) |
| Grazia Deledda, Writer (1871) |
| Albert Ellis, Psychologist (1913) |
| William Empson, Poet (1906) |
| Sam Ervin, Politician (1896) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1961) |
| Edgar Degas, Artist (1917) |
| Gerald Finzi, Composer (1956) |