There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.
Sarah Wayne Callies, Actress (1977) |
Lizzy Caplan, Actress (1982) |
Robert Cecil, Public Servant (1563) |
Charles Davenport, Scientist (1866) |
Adam Garcia, Actor (1973) |
John Marshall Harlan, Judge (1833) |
Amanullah Khan, Statesman (1892) |
Christopher Lasch, Historian (1932) |
Walter Legge, Businessman (1906) |
Marilyn Monroe, Actress (1926) |
John Dewey, Philosopher (1952) |
Adolf Eichmann, Criminal (1962) |
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Leader (1616) |
Helen Keller, Author (1968) |
Hank Ketcham, Cartoonist (2001) |
Yves Saint Laurent, Designer (2008) |