"Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular."

Lady Marguerite Blessington
(09/01/1789 – 03/03/1849)
Irish writer

"The only time some fellows are seen with their wives is after they're indicted."

"Kin" Hubbard
(09/01/1868 – 12/26/1930)
US writer

"...it never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal."

Edgar Rice Burroughs
(09/01/1875 – 03/19/1950)
US writer

"There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well."

Walter Reuther
(09/01/1920 – 05/10/1970)
US labor organizer

"What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call."

Liz Carpenter
(09/01/1920 – )
US writer, politico

"A shrub."

Ann Richards
(09/01/1933 – 09/13/2006)
US Governor (TX), on her challenger George W. Bush—who won the election and later stole the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections

"If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?"

Lily Tomlin
(09/01/1939 – )
US comic actor (Jane Wagner's partner)

"My first strong musical memory is of the Villa-Lobos Sixth Quartet which my parents were rehearsing. I remember that it reminded me of big teddy bears dancing around."

Leonard Slatkin
(09/01/1944 – )
US conductor

"Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts."

Barry Gibb
(09/01/1946 – )
English singer (Bee Gees) (brother of Robin, Maurice, and Andy)

"Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life."

Gloria Estefan
(09/01/1957 – )
US singer