Mary Wortley Montagu "I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise."

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
(05/26/1689 – 08/21/1762)
English writer
William Basie "Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"

Count Basie
(08/21/1904 – 04/26/1984)
US bandleader
Princess Margaret "In our family, we don't have rifts. We have a jolly good row and then it's all over. And I've only twice ever had a row with my sister."

Princess Margaret
(08/21/1930 – 02/09/2002)
English royalty
"Things happen more frequently in the future than they do in the past."

Booth Gardner
(08/21/1936 – )
US Governor (WA)
"The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he may take refuge in profane soliloquies. If a woman, she may follow the example of one sweet-faced tranquil girl who went out in the yard and gnawed a post."

William Lyon Phelps
(01/02/1865 – 08/21/1943)
US educator, writer
John Graham Mellor "I smoked so much dope I'm lucky I didn't turn into a bush."

Joe Strummer
(08/21/1952 – 12/22/2002)
English singer, songwriter (101ers, Clash, Mescaleros)
Kim Cattrall "I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level. I like movies I can relate to."

Kim Cattrall
(08/21/1956 – )
English actor
Jim McMahon "The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?"

Jim McMahon
(08/21/1959 – )
US football quarterback , on Europe
Carrie-Anne Moss "After The Matrix, I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognise me."

Carrie-Anne Moss
(08/21/1967 – )
Canadian model, actor