Daily Birthday/Deathday Quote

I loved collaborating with Uncle Phil on this thread back in the day. Basically, the vision for this thread is to post a quote every day from a famous person on their birthday.

"I'm not young. What's wrong with that?"

Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 - 1967)

 

"Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly."

Harold Ross (November 6, 1892 - 1951)

 

My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness.

Thomas Kyd, 6 November 1558 - 15 August 1594

 

"Do you know what the secret to success is? Just keep working."

Eric Kandel (November 7, 1929)

 

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 - 1949)

 

"The universe is not required to be in harmony with human ambition."

Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934 - 1996)

 

"'Indian Policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st century."

Russell Means (November 10, 1939 - 2012)

 

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
"Every man must do two things alone: he must do his own believing and his own dying."
--Martin Luther. 10 November 1483 - 18 February 1546

 

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

George S. Patton (November 11, 1885 - 1945)

 

"Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line."

Wallace Shawn (November 12, 1943)

 

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

Robert Louis Stevenson (November 13, 1850 - 1894)

 

"Devils get up off me!"

Lil Boosie (November 14, 1982)

 

"The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages."

William Herschel (November 15, 1738 - 1822)

 

"Epitaph for a dead waiter - 'God finally caught his eye.'|"

George S. Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - 1961)

 

"Art is longer than life."

Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 - 1982)

 

"Growth is always a painful process."

Wilma Mankiller (November 18, 1945 - 2010)

 

"People tend to forget their duties, but remember their rights."

Indira Gandhi (November 19, 1917 - 1984)

 

Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649), King of England