Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.
| Max Baucus, Politician (1941) |
| Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist (1863) |
| Elliott Carter, Composer (1908) |
| Mos Def, Musician (1973) |
| Teri Garr, Actress (1944) |
| Harold Hamm, Businessman (1945) |
| Jim Harrison, Writer (1937) |
| Jermaine Jackson, Musician (1954) |
| Stu Jackson, Coach (1955) |
| John F. Kerry, Politician (1943) |
| Bob Bartlett, Politician (1968) |
| James J. Gibson, Psychologist (1979) |
| Christian Lous Lange, Politician (1938) |

