Quote authors in 1940

Authors of 1940

Born or Deceased in 1940

John Lennon

John Lennon

Born :9 October 1940

Russell banks

Russell banks

Born :28 March 1940

John Havlicek

John Havlicek

Born :8 April 1940

Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus

Born :21 January 1940

Tony Oliva

Tony Oliva

Born :20 July 1940

Merlin Olsen

Merlin Olsen

Born :15 September 1940

Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

Born :23 June 1940

Willie Stargell

Willie Stargell

Born :6 March 1940

Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton

Born :3 February 1940

Joe Torre

Joe Torre

Born :18 July 1940

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Born :21 December 1940

Paul Arden

Paul Arden

Born :7 April 1940

Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley

Born :8 May 1940

Quotes of 1940

Quotes taken from the authors in 1940

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

I was always the last one chosen for football games in Central Park.

It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.

I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

Advertising gets such a bashing from the world. At parties you are always asked, 'Aren't you just selling people things they don't want?'

Have you noticed that the cleverest people at school are often not the ones who succeed in life?

There are rules in advertising, and those rules are self-imposed by the client companies because they don't want their products to be seen as dishonest.

We are all advertising, all of the time. If you want to sell your car, what do you do? You clean and polish it and make it the best you can. Some people bake bread when they are trying to sell their house because the smell adds a friendly feeling. Even the priest, with all his or her fervour, is advertising God. Everybody is selling.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.