Iconic Birthday Quotes From The Famous And Infamous Born On This Day In History

"Liberty rests in respect to right and law, and relies on both. Murder, plunder and rape infringe against the rights of others, mock the law and attack freedom"

"The soldier was the fundamental factor in the urgent bolstering of the weak Republican structure. Then, as now, the patriotic zeal of the men in uniform was classified as militant and dictatorial"

"In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best"

"God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure"

"Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to Broadway"

"I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame"

"I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank"

"Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver"

"Be yourself - it's the one thing you can do better than anyone else"

"I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano"

"It ain't braggin' if you really done it"

"I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head"

"Anybody who’s ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world"

"All ballplayers want to wind up their career with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can’t help it"

"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say ‘isn’t’ and they ain’t eating"

"I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet"

"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing"

"Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss"

"I was blessed with a strong arm and a weak mind"

"It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?"

"I’ll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth"

"The dumber a pitcher is, the better"

"Keep a record of every picture you paint, have them photographed and write down where they went. Some day, when one reaches a great age, there will be calls for a Retrospective Exhibition of a life's work"

"A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject"

"There's only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot"

"Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don't overdo it"

"Anger makes people stupid"

"We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves his homeland. A nationalist is one who scorns the homelands of others"

"I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated"

"The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow"

"The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people"

"Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by me, me, me"

"Life is a movie; Death is a photograph"

"What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine"

"Intelligence is really a kind of taste; Taste in ideas"

"The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes"

"Time exists in order that everything doesn't happen all at once…and space exists so that it doesn't all happen to you"

"It is not the position, but the disposition"

"I'm no where as tough as my father. I really think that I am more open to change than he was"

"People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong"

"Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day"

"They say love will find a way. I know determination will"

"Music is not just my passion it's my companion"

"Nobody leaves a house where there is peace, joy and good sex"

"The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am"

"People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses"

"The magnitude of your anger toward me is the measure of how much you know you are doing wrong"

"It is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist"

"Don't put your nose into somebody else's laundry, if you are not willing to fold your own"

"I'm not good at debating - I'm much better at pontificating"

"If you want a weak man, you might as well marry a woman"

"Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something"

"Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme"

"Horror found me. I got into the movie business to make westerns"

"When you have no money, you need invention"

"Out of limitations comes creativity"

"Fame is fleeting and it changes"

"I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage"

"You only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider"

"He don't know what it is to lose, so I gotta teach him something that he doesn't know yet"

"We're in Madison Square Garden, I can't let you beat me in Madison Square Garden, are you serious!?"

"Boxing is not brutal, it's an art - God has gifted me with incredible hand speed as a tool to be used - what else am I supposed to do but fight? There ain't no hand-racing competitions"

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

"If I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan"

"It's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane"

"It's a sin to be tired"

"A lot of horrible, unfair, untrue things have been said about me. I can only say that the best revenge is success"

"People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out"

"I got tired of feeling like Dracula. I wanted to see some daylight, and not just at six o’clock in the morning"

"It's neurotic fat women who hate me - they're stupid"

"I’m a survivor, and I can handle anything. I’m very confident about that"

"If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!"

"In my heart and mind, I know I can hit anybody. I'm always relaxed. It's hard to explain. It's like playing with my kids. It feels natural"

"I'm past patiently waiting, I'm passionately smashing every expectation, every action's an act of creation"

"Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life"

"It's got to feel, the pulse has to feel like this part of the world, the instrumentation has to be true to that"