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

"Congress has no power to make any religious establishments"

"The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war"

"The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society"

"Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods."

"Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits"

"There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down"

"Profits are not made by differential cleverness, but by differential stupidity"

"Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with"

"The mind of man is alike indistinguishably his own possession and that of the higher intelligences, and what proceeds from it belongs equally to both always"

"Have the best constantly in mind, and be careful only that the memory that you yourself are to leave behind shall be a blessing to you in the future"

"To be half civilized with some aspirations for enlightenment, and obliged to spend the largest part of the time the victim of young barbarians keeps one in a perpetual ferment"

"It is a terrible responsibility to come to him and to me"

"Flowers are my music"

"Each drop of my blood will be an immortal flame in your conscience and will uphold the sacred will to resist"

"To hatred I reply with pardon, and to those who think they have defeated me, I reply with my victory"

"I fear nothing. Serenely I take my first step towards eternity and leave life to enter history"

"Never stop fighting till the fight is done"

"Looking down at that familiar face, I realized that death is something to which we never become calloused"

"Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want"

"If you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever"

"Surrounded by dazzlingly bright students, I was uncertain I could make the grade. But taking heart in Edison's dictum that genius is 99 per cent perspiration, I discovered a pedestrian secret of success. I could work harder than most of them''

"If a foreign government had imposed this system of education on the United States, we would rightly consider it an act of war''

"An active mind is as important as an active body"

"I believe every person is created as the steward of his or her own destiny with great power for a specific purpose: To share with others, through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love"

"It was such a relief. I lived in fear of being found out. Now it's given me a whole new mission in life"

"I'm not against outing in terms of being pegged as gay. I am gay, I always was. It can't really hurt me now"

"We looked passionately at each other, but that was the only time I ever saw her"

"I wanted him to love me, and I'm quite sure that he didn't"

"The richness of an artist is the fusion of influences that have shaped his life and work"

"I describe in a realistic form a non-realistic reality"

"I may not be a princess, but I am a movie queen, and every queen should have a palace"

"If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way"

"I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me"

"A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more"

"Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star"

"Women, by nature, want to be dominated"

"I'm always looking for meaningful one-night stands"

"Masturbation is always very safe. You not only control the person you're with, but you can leave when you want to"

"Playing the piano was something that came before all of what's happened now"

"I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on"

"Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets"

"There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win"

"The truth shall eventually give me back my freedom"

"I guarantee the Filipino people that I will be vindicated"

"Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship"

"The orchestra is one of the theatre's big secrets. It can express the unspoken"

"I look for these opportunities: for ambivalence, irony and conflict"

"The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity"

"I moved to L.A. because that's where they point cameras at you. And that's what I'd like them to do"

"Even smiling makes my face ache"

"I've always been proud that my name stands for peace"

"I always thought that in life, you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep and you draw"

"I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax"

"It's a brotherhood in there, so you want to make sure everyone is okay after the war is over" - - -

"I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well"

"When you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing"

"If your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind"

"I will never allow anyone to mistreat the sport of boxing if I can help it"

"He’s like all great players - he’s not a great player yet"

"Flo literally turned Taricco inside-out"

"When I signed for Forest, they said provocatively to the press that they thought I had great potential"

"A developed country isn't a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation"

"Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew"

"No matter what it is, I think people want the answer they want, they don't want the truth"

"Basically, people are never happy enough because they want more money"

"I don't prey on the weak. I ain't a bully, but I ain't no saint, either"

"For thugs from the ghetto, violence is a way of life - it's what helps you survive"

"In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you"

"No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything"

"It's unconscionable to breed with the number of children who are starving to death in impoverished countries"

"Your private relationship with yourself is a spring that will feed every other factor"

"Self care isn't selfish. It's self esteem"

"I get lonely when I'm a Playstation widow"

"She fell in love with me when I was being called Satan. If that's not a testament to what kind of a person she is and where her intentions are, I think nothing is"

"I believe 100 percent that she loves me and you know what? I've never believed that about anybody"

"There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me"

"Choices, the greatest power we have; Choices, the path which is destiny; Choices, the result which is you"

"Through free-association of thoughts and brainstorming, an accidental suggestion can be the best solution"

"Invest your time, spend less of it, cause you simply can't afford it. Once spent, this time have you, gone will it be, somewhere in history"

"I used to care about how I looked. Now I don’t care as much. Maybe it’s because I’m so handsome"

"A life without Franco is like a kitten without fur. That’s what my reflection told me"

"You are successful if you are able to work on the kind of material that you want to - if your life conforms to your dreams"

"I have an emotional life that wants to come out"

"I don't consider weed to be any worse than having a beer"

"You want to be interesting? Be interested"

"I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this sad, beautiful thing in their eyes that says they've seen more than they could ever possibly tell you"

"Only in failure do you reach success. You can only get to the good stuff when you've done the hard stuff"

"Being a single mother is different from being a single woman"

"Never worry about bad press. All that matters is if they spell your name right"

"I'm superstitious ... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious"

"I hit a ball for a living"

I'm done growing. I only grow when I put my high heels on now"

"It's nice to be one of the most beautiful people"

"If everything was going smoothly you would never build character"

"It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time"