Assuming that most of you know whose “birthday” it is today (even if you don’t celebrate it) I thought I’d tell you about some other pretty cool folks who were born on December 25…
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”
—Sir Isaac Newton, 1642
Sir Isaac Newton, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (died 1723). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I may sometimes be willing to teach for nothing, but if paid at all, I shall never do a man’s work for less than a man’s pay.”
— Clara Barton, 1821
Clara Barton (Photo credit: Marion Doss)
“I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”
— Humphrey Bogart, 1899
This screenshot shows Sydney Greenstreet and Humphrey Bogart in a discussion about whether Sam (Dooley Wilson) will come to work for Greenstreet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.”
–Rod Sterling, 1924
Impression of Rod Sterling (Photo credit: Felix_Nine)
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.”
— Jimmy Buffet, 1946
License to Chill (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.”
—Sissy Spacek, 1949
English: Sissy Spacek at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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December 26th, 2012 at 2:30 am
I was surprised that I have 13 FB friends who have birthdays today. My dear mother was born on Christmas Eve, the only girl with two brothers. She was quite disappointed to find out that there was another reason for the tree and all the goodies associated with Christmas. For a number of years, she thought her parents were just so excited that they finally had a girl!