"He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others."

Samuel Foote
(01/27/1720 – 10/21/1777)
English actor, playwright

"To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(01/27/1756 – 12/05/1791)
Austrian composer

"Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them."

Samuel Palmer
(01/27/1805 – 05/24/1881)
English painter

"The different branches of Arithmetic—Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."

Lewis Carroll
(01/27/1832 – 01/14/1898)
English writer (image from Bridgeman Art Library)

"A self-made man may prefer a self-made name."

(Billings) Learned Hand
(01/27/1872 – 08/18/1961)
US federal judge , on Schmuel Gelbfisz changing his name

"It is necessary for us to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself."

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
(01/27/1900 – 07/08/1986)
Poland-born military guy

"I made some movies, but lucky for me, I made even better friends."

Joyce Compton
(01/27/1907 – 10/17/1997)
US actor

"Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision—from the neck to the navel."

Donna Reed
(01/27/1921 – 01/14/1986)
US actor

"What's black and white and brown and looks good on a lawyer? A Doberman."

Mordecai Richler
(01/27/1931 – 07/03/2001)
Canadian writer

"I'm afraid of making a mistake. I'm not totally neurotic, but I'm pretty neurotic about it. I'm as close to totally neurotic as you can get without being totally neurotic."

Bridget Fonda
(01/27/1964 – )
US actor (granddaughter of Henry Fonda, daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda, married to Danny Elfman)