"With soap, baptism is a good thing."

Robert G. Ingersoll
(08/11/1833 – 07/21/1899)
US writer

"Innovations never happen as planned."

Gifford Pinchot
(08/11/1865 – 10/04/1946)
US environmentalist

"Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you."

Alex Haley
(08/11/1921 – 02/10/1992)
US writer (Roots)

"Lorenzo believes in taking a big bite out of life."

Arlene Dahl
(08/11/1924 – )
US actor (was married to Fernando Lamas), on her son Lorenzo Lamas

"Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested on."

Carl Rowan
(08/11/1925 – 09/23/2000)
US journalist

"Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying."

Marilyn vos Savant
(08/11/1946 – )
US columnist; also see Marilyn is Wrong

"Is 'Giants' the first one-word oxymoron?"

Bob Lacey
(08/11/1946 – 04/30/2004)
US comic