“The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.”
“You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.”
| Dinesh D'Souza, Author (1961) |
| James Fenton, Poet (1949) |
| Ella Fitzgerald, Musician (1918) |
| Stephen Gardiner, Architect (1924) |
| John Keble, Clergyman (1792) |
| Albert King, Musician (1923) |
| Jason Lee, Actor (1970) |
| Jerry Leiber, Musician (1933) |
| Leon Battista Alberti, Architect (1472) |
| Indra Devi, Celebrity (2002) |
| Hope Emerson, Actress (1960) |
| Jane Jacobs, Sociologist (2006) |
| Amanullah Khan, Statesman (1960) |