"I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly . . . . If their painting doesn't improve by itself, it means that nothing can be done—and I wouldn't do anything!"

Claude Monet
(11/14/1840 – 12/05/1926)
French painter (Manet is here)

"Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession."

Charles J. C. Lyall
(11/14/1797 – 02/22/1875)
US accountant

"Most things, except agriculture, can wait."

Jawaharlal Nehru
(11/14/1889 – 05/27/1964)
Indian leader

"If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong."

Aaron Copland
(11/14/1900 – 12/02/1990)
US composer

"Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist so long as she manages to also be a good wife, mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed and unaggressive."

Marya Mannes
(11/14/1904 – 09/13/1990)
US writer

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

Dick Powell
(11/14/1904 – 01/02/1963)
US actor (was married to Joan Blondell, June Allyson)

"A swaggering, tough little slut."

Louise Brooks
(11/14/1906 – 08/08/1985)
US actor, on Shirley Temple

"You know that the Germans are insane. For example, they have named about 70 schools after me."

Astrid Lindgren
(11/14/1907 – 01/28/2002)
Swedish writer (Pippi Longstocking)

"McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled."

Joseph McCarthy
(11/14/1908 – 05/02/1957)
US Senator and Commie Hunter

"In other words...you can't be a misogynist and expect women to appreciate you. "

Brian Keith
(11/14/1921 – 06/24/1997)
US actor

"I wasn't a sex symbol. I was a sex zombie." Veronica Lake
(11/14/1922 – 07/07/1973)
US actor

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."

P. J. O'Rourke
(11/14/1947 – )
US writer

"The monarchy is the oldest profession in the world."

Prince Charles of Windsor
(11/14/1948 – )
Welsh royalty (was married to Diana)

"I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Having You Here."

Stephen Bishop
(11/14/1951 – )
US singer, songwriter, song title

"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces."

Maureen Murphy
(11/14/1952 – )
US representative (IL)

"He's a great singer—but he's not the most masculine guy, is he?"

Alexander O’Neal
(11/14/1953 – )
US singer, on Michael Jackson

"I thought I might meet some girls, to tell you the truth."

D. B. Sweeney
(11/14/1961 – )
US actor, on why he got into acting