Quotes from authors born in 1897
I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.
Dorothy Day
A laugh is a terrible weapon.
Kate O'Brien
Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.
William Faulkner
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Pope Paul VI
Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
Pope Paul VI
Tommy Thompson 
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand 
William Weld 
Carly Patterson 
Jerry Rice 
Noel Redding 
Donald L. Carcieri 
Richie Sambora