- Sir Humphrey Davy
(12/17/1778 – 05/29/1829)
English chemist (discovered laughing gas)
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"The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures."
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"Quite ignorant for his rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance."
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"He is like a man who sits on a stove and then complains that his backside is burning."
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| "Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him." |  |
| "I never liked the men I loved, and never loved the men I liked." |  |
| "There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through." |  |
"This thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."
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"One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little."
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"I married Vincent Price very late in both our lives. It was chiefly because, even if Vincent can be a bit moody and frightening at times, loneliness is even more frightful. Without a husband, even an actress doesn't get invited out much."
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"I think any man in business would be foolish
to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine."
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| Died 05/28 | Died 05/29 | Died 05/30 | Death Dates |