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

"I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?"

"Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of despair"

"He whose intellect overcomes his desire is higher than the angels; he whose desire overcomes his intellect is less than an animal"

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart"

"Drunkards vaunt their bravery when you speak of war. But in the blaze of battle they scatter like mice"

"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment, cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment intuition"

"Love is the ark appointed for the righteous, which annuls the danger and provides a way of escape"

"When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men"

"A leaf trembles. I tremble in the wind-beauty like silk from Turkestan"

"The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize"

"Listen to the reed and the tale it tells, how it sings of separation"

"You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?"

"Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent"

"My head is bursting with the joy of the unknown"

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do"

"Reason is like an officer when the King appears"

"Whoever gives reverence receives reverence"

"If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak"

"Love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries"

"The ruby and the sunrise are one"

"You are the drop, and the ocean"

"Don't carry away that arm till I have taken off my ring"

"A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught"

"Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity"

"I don’t think anyone knew I could act until I put on a bathing suit"

"Autobiographies are all the same - it's always rags-to-riches or I-slept-with-so-and-so. Damned if I'm going to say that"

"I adore not being me. I'm not very good at being me. That's why I adore acting so much"

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour"

"A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison"

"The greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make"

"From what we cannot hold, the stars are made"

"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree"

"Now all my teachers are dead except silence"

"What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander"

"The philosophers are wrong: it is not words that kill, it is silence"

"The opposite of life is not death, it's indifference"

"I dress for women and I undress for men"

"I've always kept my diet secret but now I might as well tell everyone what it is. Lots of grapefruit throughout the day and plenty of virile young men"

"My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra"

"I don't want to be a great actress. I want to be a sexy movie star"

"Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger"

"Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do"

"I know I'm unpopular"

"A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled"

"I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend"

"I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind"

"Our lives are merely trees of possibilities"

"Some people think because I wear makeup that I am gay. But one thing has nothing to do with the other"

"All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds"

"No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life"

"To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat"

"I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way"

"I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing"

"Without music the world will still turn, but it won't rock"

"Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music"

"I knew what a great mover I was. I could move things and make things happen"

"Do not hate the people who are jealous because they recognize that you are the best"

"An actor works with their soul and their thought"

"After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects"

"There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then its up to you to make it happen"

"I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings"

"I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life"

"I like fast cars. And I like champions"

"The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career"