What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
Richard Aldington, Writer (1892) |
Kevin Bacon, Actor (1958) |
Billy Eckstine, Musician (1914) |
Marty Feldman, Comedian (1933) |
Schuyler Fisk, Actress (1982) |
Jean De La Fontaine, Poet (1621) |
Ian Gilmour, Politician (1926) |
Philip Johnson, Architect (1906) |
Hanns Johst, Playwright (1890) |
Louis Jordan, Musician (1908) |
June Allyson, Actress (2006) |
Arthur Calwell, Politician (1973) |
Paula Danziger, Author (2004) |
Crystal Eastman, Lawyer (1928) |
Havelock Ellis, Psychologist (1939) |
Betty Ford, First Lady (2011) |
Vivien Leigh, Actress (1967) |