Quotes from authors born in 1939
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.
Lou Brock
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin
Life is never easy for those who dream.
Robert James Waller
Aron Ralston 
Thomas Nagel 
Vince Neil 
Lily Tomlin 
Hildegard Knef 
Sarah Vowell 
Samuel Alito 
Konrad Adenauer