“To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.”
“The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative equity. Every British child is born owing around 20,000 pounds. Servicing the interest on that debt is going to cost more than educating the child.”
| Hervey Allen, Author (1889) |
| Gregg Allman, Musician (1947) |
| Rick Baker, Inventor (1950) |
| Tom Barrett, Politician (1953) |
| Kim Basinger, Actress (1953) |
| Thomas R. Cech, Scientist (1947) |
| Sammy Davis, Jr., Entertainer (1925) |
| James Galway, Musician (1939) |
| Joel Chandler Harris, Journalist (1848) |
| Teri Hatcher, Actress (1964) |
| Richard Baxter, Clergyman (1691) |
| Dimebag Darrell, Musician (2004) |
| Ernst Engel, Economist (1896) |
| Sydney Harris, Journalist (1986) |
| Sydney J. Harris, Journalist (1986) |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim, Musician (1994) |
| John Joly, Scientist (1933) |
| Henry Laurens, Politician (1792) |
| John Lennon, Musician (1980) |