Quote authors in 1950

Authors of 1950

Born or Deceased in 1950

Julius Erving

Julius Erving

Born :22 February 1950

Franco Harris

Franco Harris

Born :7 March 1950

Julius Lrving

Julius Lrving

Born :22 February 1950

Harvey Martin

Harvey Martin

Born :16 November 1950

Dan Quisenberry

Dan Quisenberry

Born :7 February 1950

Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz

Born :10 February 1950

Jack Youngblood

Jack Youngblood

Born :26 January 1950

David Brin

David Brin

Born :6 October 1950

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tribute :19 March 1950

John Byrne

John Byrne

Born :6 July 1950

Bebe Moore Campbell

Bebe Moore Campbell

Born :18 February 1950

Quotes of 1950

Quotes taken from the authors in 1950

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.

I had such a wonderful life before drugs and alcohol abuse. I've got that life back now and plan to keep it. Maybe I had to go through what I did to get to this point, to appreciate this life more.

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

I need to go where I feel loved.

I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off.

You stand still, somebody might get close to you. I don't stand still much anymore.

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

I write to escape; to escape poverty.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?

Edgar Rice Burroughs

I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.

Edgar Rice Burroughs