July 15

"Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance."

Walter Benjamin
(07/15/1892 – 09/26/1940)
German-born writer

"Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic."

Nicola Abbagnano
(07/15/1900 – 09/09/1990)
Italian existential philosopher

"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too."

Anton Chekhov
(01/17/1860 – 07/15/1904)
Russian writer

"Many persons have difficulty remembering what President Franklin Pierce is best remembered for, and he is therefore probably best forgotten."

Richard Armour
(07/15/1906 – 02/28/1989)
US humorist

"A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia."

Iris Murdoch
(07/15/1919 – 02/08/1999)
Irish writer

"To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely."

Hugo von Hofmannsthal
(02/01/1884 – 07/15/1929)
Austrian writer

"My best score ever was 103, but I've only been playing 15 years."

Alex Karras
(07/15/1935 – )
US athlete, actor , on golf

"I wish I had as much in bed as I get in the newspapers."

Linda Ronstadt
(07/15/1946 – )
US singer (was engaged to George Lucas)

"When I was a Republican, Saddam Hussein was our ally, George Bush owned a mediocre baseball team, Enron was a respected energy company and Michael Jackson was still black."

Arianna Huffington
(07/15/1950 – )
Greek politician

"I think, in 2008, we need a pro wrestler in the White House."

Jesse Ventura
(07/15/1951 – )
US wrestler, politician, nutball

"I would rather exercise than read a newspaper."

Kim Alexis
(07/15/1960 – )
US supermodel

"I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me."

Forest Whitaker
(07/15/1961 – )
US actor

"I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been. My ex Sylvester Stallone was obsessed with my looks. He got my profile carved into the place settings of our crystal dining table. And he commissioned a bronze statue of the two of us in our underwear for his garden. It was so embarrassing. But I never understood his fascination."

Brigitte Nielsen
(07/15/1963 – )
Danish actor

"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."

Eric Berne
(03/10/1910 – 07/15/1970)
US writer

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind."

May Sarton
(05/03/1912 – 07/15/1995)
US writer