Quotes from authors born on May 18th
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
Bertrand Russell
Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.
Terry Zwigoff
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.
Bertrand Russell
The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.
W. G. Sebald
Carol Burnett 
Saul Williams 
Ruben Studdard 
Michael Bolton 
Howard Dean 
Abraham Robinson 
Joseph Henry 
Dizzy Dean