Quotes from authors born on Aug 19th
What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much.
Malcolm Forbes
We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.
Orville Wright
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Malcolm Forbes
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Malcolm Forbes
Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
Malcolm Forbes
Dorothy Kilgallen 
Wole Soyinka 
Ian Smith 
August Wilson 
Matthew McConaughey 
Natalie Wood 
Joseph Brodsky 
Count Basie