"Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion."

James Harrington
(01/07/1611 – 09/11/1677)
English philosopher

"May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not."

Millard Fillmore
(01/07/1800 – 03/08/1874)
US President (13) (see all US Presidents)

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book."

Austin Phelps
(01/07/1820 – 10/13/1890)
US educator, clergy

"Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him."

Charles Peguy
(01/07/1873 – 09/05/1914)
French philosopher

"Those that don't got it, can't show it. Those that got it, can't hide it."

Zora Neale Hurston
(01/07/1891 – 01/28/1960)
US writer

"Now I am happy I did 'Gone With the Wind.' I wasn't when I was 28, but it's part of black history. You have no idea how hard it is for black actors, but things change, things blossom in time."

Butterfly McQueen
(01/07/1911 – 12/22/1995)
US actor

"How long did it take six men to build a wall if three of them took a week? I recall that we spent almost as much time on this problem as the men spent on the wall."

Gerald Durrell
(01/07/1925 – 01/30/1995)
India-born English writer

"It's primarily not an intellectual thing."

Jann Wenner
(01/07/1946 – )
US writer, editor, "Rolling Stone" founder , on rock'n'roll

"I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!"

Katie Couric
(01/07/1957 – )
US telejournalist

"To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new."

Nicolas Cage
(01/07/1964 – )
US actor (was married to Patricia Arquette, Lisa Marie Presley)