July 14

"There is no self-portrait of me."

Gustav Klimt
(07/14/1862 – 02/06/1918)
Austrian artist

"He appears to have been called 'The Little Giant' more because he was little than because he was a giant."

Irving Stone
(07/14/1903 – 08/26/1989)
US writer , on Stephen Douglas

"The waste basket is the writer's best friend."

Isaac Bashevis Singer
(07/14/1904 – 07/24/1991)
Polish writer

"The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book."

Northrop Frye
(07/14/1912 – 01/23/1991)
Canadian writer

"California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see,
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi."

Woody Guthrie
(07/14/1912 – 10/03/1967)
US singer, songwriter (father of Arlo)

"Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange."

Gerald Ford
(07/14/1913 – 12/26/2006)
US President (38), VP (40) (was married to Betty Ford; see all US Presidents; US VPs)

"Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying."

Ingmar Bergman
(07/14/1918 – 07/30/2007)
Swedish film director

"The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M."

Charles Pierce
(07/14/1926 – 05/31/1999)
US comic

"'Wholesome Olson,' they called me."

Nancy Olson
(07/14/1928 – )
US actor (was married to Alan Jay Lerner)

"I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."

Adlai Stevenson
(02/05/1900 – 07/14/1965)
US Vice President (23) ; see all US VPs