Quotes from authors that died on Nov 8th
I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.
Norman Rockwell
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
John Milton
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
Napoleon Hill
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 
Michael Irvin 
Stephen Stills 
Bill Bryson 
Peter Mandelson 
Daniel Bernoulli 
Michael Stipe 
Julia Stiles