Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
Walter Savage Landor
Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
Walter Savage Landor
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“I raced supremely well. I felt I was as well fitted to do it as I had ever been, and as perhaps I might ever be. I went climbing three weeks before, because I was feeling fed up with running.”
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”
| Red Adair, Celebrity (1915) |
| Chris Van Allsburg, Author (1949) |
| Sammy Cahn, Musician (1913) |
| John Eaton, Politician (1790) |
| Roger Ebert, Critic (1942) |
| David Giuntoli, Actor (1981) |
| Jurgen Habermas, Philosopher (1929) |
| Mike Johanns, Politician (1950) |
| Carol Kane, Actress (1952) |
| Bill Keller, Editor (1949) |
| Roald Amundsen, Explorer (1928) |
| Djuna Barnes, Novelist (1982) |
| Ethel Barrymore, Actress (1959) |
| Terence Fisher, Director (1980) |
| Pamela Hansford Johnson, Critic (1981) |