Quotes from authors that died on Dec 6th
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Jefferson Davis
One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.
Baltasar Gracian
Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian
However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.
Frantz Fanon
Squabbling in public will eventually ruin football; there's no doubt it's hurting us already. Polls taken by Louis Harris - polls as valid as any political polls - indicate that very clearly.
Pete Rozelle
John Elway 
Rob Corddry 
John Fisher 
Robert M. Gates 
Farrah Fawcett 
Michael Dell 
Chris Squire 
Warren Beatty