ELIZABETH TAYLOR February 27, 1932
- “The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”
- “I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.”
- “It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
- “When people say, ‘She’s got everything’, I’ve got one answer - I haven’t had tomorrow.”
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW February 27, 1807
- “In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
- “We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”
- “Sleep… Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death….”
- “The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.”
- “Music is the universal language of mankind”
- “The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark”
JOHN STEINBECK February 27, 1902
- “Time is the only critic without ambition.”
- “No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”
- “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there’s an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.”