Quote authors in 1944

Authors of 1944

Born or Deceased in 1944

Rick Barry

Rick Barry

Born :28 March 1944

Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

Born :22 December 1944

Joe Frazier

Joe Frazier

Born :12 January 1944

Tug McGraw

Tug McGraw

Born :30 August 1944

Earl Monroe

Earl Monroe

Born :21 November 1944

Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver

Born : 1944

Emanuel Steward

Emanuel Steward

Born :7 July 1944

Jack Henry Abbott

Jack Henry Abbott

Born :21 January 1944

Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield

Born :19 August 1944

Jack L. Chalker

Jack L. Chalker

Born :17 December 1944

Paula Danziger

Paula Danziger

Born :18 August 1944

Quotes of 1944

Quotes taken from the authors in 1944

I grew up in Beaufort, South Carolina, in a six-room farmhouse with a couple of leaning posts to keep it from fallin'. I came up in a time when men were men.

This is just another man, another fight, another payday.

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

The way I fight, it's not me beatin' the man. I make the man whip himself.

There are places on a man's head that are as hard as a rock. Your head's actually stronger than your body. And you don't have too many instruments up there workin'.

If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.

I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.

If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.

Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.

When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.

I don't know, I never smoked AstroTurf.

I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

Decadence is wonderful.

Jack L. Chalker

I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.

Jack L. Chalker

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you.

Jack L. Chalker

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.

Jack L. Chalker

I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

Jack L. Chalker

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.