“Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.”
“Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab; in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said.”
| Aravind Adiga, Writer (1974) |
| Johnny Carson, Comedian (1925) |
| James Daly, Actor (1918) |
| Robin Day, Journalist (1923) |
| Cat Deeley, Celebrity (1976) |
| Doug Flutie, Athlete (1962) |
| Mike Harding, Musician (1944) |
| Francis Jeffrey, Judge (1773) |
| Paul Kagame, Statesman (1957) |
| Philip Kaufman, Director (1936) |
| Louis Althusser, Philosopher (1990) |
| Maybelle Carter, Musician (1978) |
| Sunil Gangopadhyay, Poet (2012) |
| Theophile Gautier, Poet (1872) |
| Joseph Lancaster, Educator (1838) |