"I have no wish for a second husband. l had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master."

Susanna Strickland Moodie
(12/06/1803 – 04/08/1885)
English-Canadian pioneer, writer

"It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun
And pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men."

Joyce Kilmer
(12/06/1886 – 07/30/1918)
US writer

"We can be bought, but we can't be bored."

Lynn Fontanne
(12/06/1887 – 07/30/1983)
English-US actor

"Poetry is like fish: if it's fresh, it's good; if it's stale, it's bad; and if you're not certain, try it on the cat."

Sir Osbert Sitwell
(12/06/1892 – 05/04/1969)
English writer (brother of Dame Edith)

"The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon."

Sylvia Townsend Ashton-Warner
(12/06/1893 – 05/01/1978)
English writer

"One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them."

Ira Gershwin
(12/06/1896 – 08/17/1983)
US lyricist (brother of George)

"I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough."

Alfred Eisenstaedt
(12/06/1898 – 08/23/1995)
German photographer

"A topologist is one who doesn't know the difference between a doughnut and a coffee cup."

John L. Kelley
(12/06/1916 – 11/26/1999)
US writer

"I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82."

Dave Brubeck
(12/06/1920 – )
US composer, musician

"I'm a writer, a poet, which is to say I always did that. My life was totally in my head, and I wrote about it."

David Ossman
(12/06/1936 – )
US writer, comic, actor (Firesign Theatre)

"I almost got a girl pregnant in high school. It's costing me a fortune to keep the rabbit on a life-support system."

Will Shriner
(12/06/1953 – )
US comic

"Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish."

Steven Wright
(12/06/1955 – )
US comic

"It's not normal for drummers to sing. I tried it, it's awful."

Rick Buckler
(12/06/1955 – )
English drummer (the Jam)