April 8 Birthdays
Kofi Annan
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Biography
Author Profession: US Scientist
Born: 1911-04-08
Died: 1997-01-08
Quotes: Melvin Calvin
Melvin Calvin
For each of us who appear to have had a successful experiment there are many to whom their own experiments seem barren and negative.
Biography
Author Profession: US First Lady (39)
Born: 1918-04-08
Died: 2011-07-08
Quotes: Betty Ford
Betty Ford
My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?
Patricia Arquette
Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with.
Biography
Author Profession: Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Born: 1955-04-08
Died: —
Quotes: Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Katee Sackhoff
I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.
Biography
Author Profession: Norwegian skater, actress
Born: 1912-04-08
Died: 1969-10-12
Quotes: Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.
Biography
Author Profession: German Philosopher
Born: 1859-04-08
Died: 1938-04-26
Quotes: Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl
Experience by itself is not science.
Jim Lampley
I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when were going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year.
Nnedi Okorafor
I go to the ocean to calm down, to reconnect with the creator, to just be happy.
Sung Kang
When I did Tokyo Drift, a lot of the philosophy that Han lived by I have actually gone through in my own life. As I got older, I realized that I really believe in those philosophies, like the importance of family.
Ilka Chase
I enjoyed your book. Who wrote it for you?