"The people must grant a hearing to the best poets they have; else they will never have better."

Harriet Monroe
(12/23/1860 – 09/26/1936)
US poet

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."

Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa
(12/23/1896 – 07/23/1957)
Italian writer

"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can."

Yousuf Karsh
(12/23/1908 – 07/13/2002)
Armenian-Turkish-Canadian photographer

"If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?"

Harry Shearer
(12/23/1943 – )
US actor

"Do nerds never sleep?" Joan Severance
(12/23/1958 – )
US actor

"I think celebrities suck."

Eddie Vedder
(12/23/1965 – )
US singer (Pearl Jam)