Quotes from authors that died on Dec 23rd
If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
Oscar Peterson
He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
Victor Borge
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased.
Thomas Malthus
Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration.
Hideki Tojo
Don Baylor 
John Wilkins 
Lester Bangs 
Bertrand Russell 
William McKinley 
Saxby Chambliss 
John Ensign 
Eric Cantor