Yesterday
Tomorrow
"Acquired concussion won't open the doors of country houses. The better classes are born concussed."
Oliver St. John Gogarty
(08/17/1878 – 09/22/1957)
Irish writer
, to a social climber notorious for falling off his horse
"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."
Marcus Garvey
(08/17/1887 – 06/10/1940)
Jamaican organizer
"Let's forget the six feet and talk about the seven inches."
Mae West
(08/17/1892 – 11/22/1980)
US actor
"To be fair is not enough any more. We must be ferociously fair."
John Hay Whitney
(08/17/1905 – 02/08/1982)
US gazillionaire
"It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money."
Elinor Smith
(08/17/1911 – )
US pilot
"It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot."
Ted Hughes
(08/17/1930 – 10/28/1998)
US writer
(was married to Sylvia Plath)
"Ignorant people in preppy clothes are more dangerous to America than oil embargoes."
V. S. Naipaul
(08/17/1932 – )
Trinidadian writer
"There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work."
Robert de Niro
(08/17/1943 – )
US actor
"You tolerate me, you really tolerate me."
Sean Penn
(08/17/1960 – )
US actor
(was married to Madonna), parodying Sally Field while accepting "Independent Spirit" Award
"Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings."
Ed Gardner
(06/29/1905 – 08/17/1963)
US actor
"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
(03/27/1886 – 08/17/1969)
German architect
"When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz."
Vivian Vance
(07/26/1902 – 08/17/1979)
US actor
, on her "I Love Lucy" character
"A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O."
Ira Gershwin
(12/06/1896 – 08/17/1983)
US lyricist
(brother of George)
"What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork."
Pearl Bailey
(03/29/1918 – 08/17/1990)
US singer, actor
Yesterday
Tomorrow
"A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."
King Frederick II the Great
"Let's forget the six feet and talk about the seven inches."
Mae West