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"Every man has his element. Sheridan's is hot water."

John Eldon
(06/04/1751 – 01/13/1838)
English Chancellor

"If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest."

G. I. Gurdjieff
(01/13/1866? – 10/29/1949)
Armenian writer, mystic, teacher

"From birth to 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35, she needs good looks. From 35 to 55, good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash. I'm saving my money."

Sophie Tucker
(01/13/1884 – 02/09/1966)
Russian singer

"Swift justice demands more than just swiftness."

Potter Stewart
(01/13/1915 – 12/07/1985)
US Supreme Court (see other Supreme Court justices)

"If you're a star you go through the front door carrying the roses, instead of through the back door carrying the garbage."

Robert Stack
(01/13/1919 – 05/14/2003)
US actor

"Sex in a dance is in the eyes of the beholder. I never thought my dances sexy. I suppose that's because I see myself with my face washed, and to me I look like a rabbit."

Gwen Verdon
(01/13/1925 – 10/18/2000)
US actor, dancer (was married to Bob Fosse)

"That's the point of quotations, you know: one can use another's words to be insulting."

Amanda Cross
(01/13/1926 – 10/09/2003)
US writer, critic

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."

Wyatt Earp
(03/19/1848 – 01/13/1929)
US lawman

"No, it did lots of other things too."

James Joyce
(02/02/1882 – 01/13/1941)
Irish writer , to a young man who wanted to kiss the hand that wrote "Ulysses"

"Nothing In Moderation."

Ernie Kovacs
(01/23/1919 – 01/13/1962)
US TV pioneer , epitaph

"Elf Envy...they all had it."

Orlando Bloom
(01/13/1977 – )
English actor , on his "Lord of the Rings" co-workers

"I do not feel that we should allow a shortage of funds to prevent cities from financing needed projects."

Hubert H. Humphrey
(05/27/1911 – 01/13/1978)
US Vice President (38) (see other US Vice Presidents)

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