"To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for."

Alexander Smith
(12/31/1830 – 01/06/1867)
Scottish writer

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things."

Henri Matisse
(12/31/1869 – 11/03/1954)
French artist

"Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you."

Elizabeth Arden
(12/31/1884 – 10/19/1966)
US cosmetician

"Love is disgusting when you no longer possess yourself." Pola Negri
(12/31/1894 – 08/01/1987)
Polish actor

"Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster."

Simon Wiesenthal
(12/31/1908 – 09/20/2005)
Ukrainian Nazi-hunter

"Never speak more clearly than you think."

Jeremy Bernstein
(12/31/1929 – )
US physicist

"I was lousy in school. Real screwed up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor."

Sir Anthony Hopkins
(12/31/1937 – )
English actor

"Filming is a frustrating unfulfilling process, only made bearable by those few minutes, five maybe, of genuine creativity between 'Action!' and 'Cut!'"

Sarah Miles
(12/31/1941 – )
English actor

"Music makes pictures and often tells stories.
All of it magic, and all of it true."

John Denver
(12/31/1943 – 10/12/1997)
US singer, songwriter

"You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan."

Burton Cummings
(12/31/1947 – )
Canadian singer (the Guess Who)

"Most people don't get called a queen. I appreciate the reference and that I've gotten to be part of people's lives. But now I have to make a new title for myself. That diva thing is getting a little used."

Donna Summer
(12/31/1948 – )
US singer

"There are two kinds of music: the blues, and that bullsh*t they play on MTV."

George Thorogood
(12/31/1952 – )
US singer, guitarist

"If you have to ask how to be sexy after 40, you probably can't do it."

Bebe Neuwirth
(12/31/1958 – )
US actor, singer, dancer

"The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done."

Val Kilmer
(12/31/1959 – )
US actor

"A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat."

Paul Westerberg
(12/31/1959 – )
US singer (Replacements)