Apr 03, 2006 07:37
"Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice."
John Abernethy
(04/03/1764 - 04/28/1831)
English surgeon
"Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?"
"No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.";
Dr. Edward Everett Hale
(04/03/1822 - 06/10/1909)
US religious leader
"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another."
John Burroughs
(04/03/1837 - 03/29/1921)
US naturalist
"Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions."
Henry R. Luce
(04/03/1898 - 02/28/1967)
US publisher
"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around."
Herb Caen
(04/03/1916 - 02/01/1997)
US Columnist
"Erasers would taste good with this sauce."
Jan Sterling
(04/03/1921 - 03/26/2004)
US actor, on eating escargot
"The really frightening thing about middle age is knowing you'll grow out of it."
Doris Day
(04/03/1924 - )
US actor
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