Born 12/26	Born 12/27	Born 12/28		Birth Dates
Died 12/26	Died 12/27	Died 12/28		Death Dates

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." Johannes Kepler (12/27/1571 – 11/15/1630) German astronomer

"Chance favors only the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur (12/27/1822 – 09/28/1895) French scientist

"I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America." Hinton Helper (12/27/1829 – 03/09/1909) US writer, on late 19th-century San Francisco

"Poor Elsa [Lanchester]. She left England because it already had a queen—Victoria. And she wanted to be queen of the Charles Laughton household, once he became a star, but he already had the role." Marlene Dietrich (12/27/1901 – 05/06/1992) German-US actor

"Behind the phoney tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel." Oscar Levant (12/27/1906 – 08/14/1972) US composer, pianist

"If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English." Wilfred Sheed (12/27/1930 – ) US writer

Born 12/26	Born 12/27	Born 12/28		Birth Dates
Died 12/26	Died 12/27	Died 12/28		Death Dates