Quote authors in 1949

Authors of 1949

Born or Deceased in 1949

Lyle Alzado

Lyle Alzado

Born :3 April 1949

Dusty Baker

Dusty Baker

Born :15 June 1949

Vida Blue

Vida Blue

Born :28 July 1949

Bill Buckner

Bill Buckner

Born :14 December 1949

Sam Ewing

Sam Ewing

Born :9 April 1949

George Foreman

George Foreman

Born :10 January 1949

Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes

Born :30 October 1949

Bruce Jenner

Bruce Jenner

Born :28 October 1949

Tom Kite

Tom Kite

Born :9 December 1949

Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

Born : 1949

Joe Theismann

Joe Theismann

Born :9 September 1949

Tom Watson

Tom Watson

Born :4 September 1949

Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd

Born :5 October 1949

Hervey Allen

Hervey Allen

Tribute :28 December 1949

Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg

Born :18 June 1949

Martin Amis

Martin Amis

Born :25 August 1949

Marie Brenner

Marie Brenner

Born :15 December 1949

Jonathan Carroll

Jonathan Carroll

Born :26 January 1949

Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow

Born : 1949

Diane Mott Davidson

Diane Mott Davidson

Born :22 March 1949

Boualem Sansal

Boualem Sansal

Born :15 October 1949

Quotes of 1949

Quotes taken from the authors in 1949

I never met a man I didn't want to fight.

I don't really trust a sane person.

The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat.

You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one.

Give luck a chance to happen.

Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

I like cream cheese in just about anything.

Diane Mott Davidson

When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore.

Diane Mott Davidson

The thing is, if you make best-sellerdom your goal, you're going to be in trouble. It's a very nice thing to have happen, but if one makes that a goal like, say, a literary writer has the goal of getting the Pulitzer Prize, that's so unpredictable.

Diane Mott Davidson

Catering is extremely demanding financially and physically. It's a business.

Diane Mott Davidson

The main thing I look for in a recipe is taste, which is different from caterers and restaurants, who first ask 'How does it look?'

Diane Mott Davidson

I dread handshakes. I've got some problems with my hands, and everywhere I go, people want to impress me with their grip. To make it worse, now women are coming up with that firm shake.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.

After you work out, you have your dog with you. There's no better companion. You've got to have a friend. I didn't like opponents who had dogs with them. Because you know they had a little edge. They have a friend.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

Oh, there's nothing more dangerous in life at getting hurt at than love itself. People are hurt in love affairs and never recover, more than a boxing match.

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

If you are dyslexic, your eyes work fine, your brain works fine, but there is a little short circuit in the wire that goes between the eye and the brain. Reading is not a fluid process.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.