"If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes."

Thomas Gray
(12/26/1716 – 07/30/1771)
English writer

"Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all."

Charles Babbage
(12/26/1792 – 10/20/1871)
English mathematician

"Chaos is the score upon which reality is written."

Henry Miller
(12/26/1891 – 06/07/1980)
US writer

"In waking a tiger, use a long stick."

Mao Tse-Tung
(12/26/1893 – 09/09/1976)
Chinese political leader

"The hair is real; it's the head that's fake."

Steve Allen
(12/26/1921 – 10/30/2000)
US comic, actor, composer, writer (other "Tonight Show" hosts: Paar, Carson, and Leno)

"Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles."

Doris Lilly
(12/26/1926 – 10/09/1991)
US writer

"I'm dealing in rock'n'roll. I'm, like, I'm not a bona fide human being."

Phil Spector
(12/26/1940 – )
US music producer

"That's what we're all about; taking advantage of people."

Lars Ulrich
(12/26/1963 – )
US drummer (Metallica)