March 05

"I never truckled; I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. By God, I told them the truth."

Frank Norris
(03/05/1870 – 10/25/1902)
US writer

"Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege."

William Henry Beveridge
(03/05/1879 – 03/16/1963)
India-born English economist

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

Hippolyte Taine
(04/21/1828 – 03/05/1893)
French historian

"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."

Rex Harrison
(03/05/1908 – 06/02/1990)
English actor

"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union."

Josef Stalin
(01/02/1880 – 03/05/1953)
Russian leader

"If people don't sit at Chaplin's feet, he goes out and stands where they are sitting."

Herman J. Mankiewicz
(11/07/1897 – 03/05/1953)
US writer, producer (brother of Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

"Zolten is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog."

Penn Jillette
(03/05/1955 – )
US comic, magician (also see Teller) , on his son's name

"Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk."

Andy Gibb
(03/05/1958 – 03/10/1988)
English singer (brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb; died near his birthday)

"Trouble'n'honey."

Patsy Cline
(09/08/1932 – 03/05/1963)
US singer , on what someone who'd never seen her would think she looked like

"It's fun to be a woman. It's fun to flirt and wear makeup and have boobs."

Eva Mendes
(03/05/1974 – )
US actor

"This we learn from Watergate
that almost any creep'll
be glad to help the Government
overthrow the people."

E. Y. Harburg
(04/08/1896 – 03/05/1981)
US songwriter

"Some comedians love their characters. I don't fall in love with mine. In fact, I get tired of them very fast. You have to be willing to throw it all away."

John Belushi
(01/24/1949 – 03/05/1982)
US comic actor (SNL)

"I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten—happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another."

Brenda Ueland
(10/24/1891 – 03/05/1985)
US writer

"But what if it doesn't work ... ?
and they jammed sticks
In the wheels of the first locomotive
To make sure it wouldn't work."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko
(07/18/1933 – 03/05/1992)
Russian poet

"I hate reality—I want to be wholly artificial."

Lolo Ferrari
(03/04/1962 – 03/05/2000)
French porn star (died near her birthday)