Quote authors in 1930

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Authors of 1930

Born or Deceased in 1930

Neil Armstrong

Born :5 August 1930

Frank Gifford

Born :16 August 1930

Vernon Law

Born :12 March 1930

Kenneth Anger

Born :3 February 1930

Harold Brodkey

Born :25 October 1930

Herbert Croly

Tribute :17 May 1930

Harry Mathews

Born :14 February 1930

Chinua Achebe

Born :16 November 1930

Quotes of 1930

Quotes taken from the authors in 1930

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

Neil Armstrong

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

Neil Armstrong

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

Neil Armstrong

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

Neil Armstrong

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

Neil Armstrong

I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952.

Harry Mathews

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.

Harry Mathews

I love teaching.

Harry Mathews

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Harry Mathews

My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.

Harry Mathews

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

Frank Gifford

I was the law and order.

Frank Gifford

I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally, as we got older, he was my friend.

Frank Gifford

It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special.

Frank Gifford

We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.

Frank Gifford

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Herbert Croly

I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

Herbert Croly

In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.

Herbert Croly

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

Herbert Croly

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

Herbert Croly