Quote authors in 1981

Authors of 1981

Born or Deceased in 1981

Amanda Beard

Amanda Beard

Born :29 October 1981

Matt Emmons

Matt Emmons

Born :5 April 1981

Willie Green

Willie Green

Born :28 July 1981

Clay Guida

Clay Guida

Born :8 December 1981

Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Tribute :12 April 1981

Eli Manning

Eli Manning

Born :3 January 1981

Hope Solo

Hope Solo

Born :30 July 1981

Wes Welker

Wes Welker

Born :1 May 1981

Serena Williams

Serena Williams

Born :26 September 1981

Fawn M. Brodie

Fawn M. Brodie

Tribute :10 January 1981

Daniel Clowes

Daniel Clowes

Born :14 April 1981

William Feather

William Feather

Tribute :7 January 1981

Ariel Durant

Ariel Durant

Tribute : 1981

Quotes of 1981

Quotes taken from the authors in 1981

We have only God on our side; they have 'In God We Trust' on their side.

I think the older you get, the more you realize how important life is, the more you think about your family.

I grew up playing soccer and always loved playing it.

I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town.

Just because I'm undersized and under-this and under-that, I've still been a good football player since I was little.

To look good in the water you have to pick the right swimsuit. I own close to 500.

Obviously, the competitor in you, you want to be in the top three every time in the pool.

People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.

The swimming community is really conservative. I don't know why, because we're in no clothing whatsoever.

In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.

That's the biggest part of doing comics: You have to create stuff that makes you want to get out of bed every morning and get to work.

Nobody else feels the same way about your dog that you do.

Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!

I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.

It's embarrassing to be involved in the same business as the mainstream comic thing. It's still very embarrassing to tell other adults that I draw comic books - their instant, preconceived notions of what that means.

Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

William Feather

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.

William Feather