"Who you are is what you settle for, you know?" -- Janis Joplin, born January 19, 1943

 

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. – George Bernard Shaw, born July 26, 1856

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. – Eric Hoffer, born July 25, 1898

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. – Amelia Earhart, born July 24, 1897

“She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.” ― Raymond Chandler, born July 23, 1888 (“Farewell, My Lovely”)

I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked. – Oscar de la Renta, born July 22, 1932

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway, born July 21, 1899 (“A Farewell to Arms”)

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. – Edmund Hillary, born July 20, 1919

The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. – Herbert Marcuse, born July 19, 1898

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. – Nelson Mandela, born July 18, 1918

I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away. – Phyllis Diller, born July 17, 1917

The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces. – Ginger Rogers, born July 16, 1911

Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know. – Rembrandt van Rijn, born July 15, 1606

If you play more than two chords, you're showing off. – Woody Guthrie, born July 14, 1912

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. – Harrison Ford, born July 13, 1942

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. – Henry David Thoreau, born July 12, 1817

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. – John Quincy Adams, born July 11, 1767

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes. – Marcel Proust, born July 10, 1871

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist. – David Hockney, born July 9, 1937

All architects want to live beyond their deaths. – Philip Johnson, born July 8, 1906