Quotes from authors passed in 1849
It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.
Dolley Madison
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan Poe
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Edgar Allan Poe
Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.
James K. Polk
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Frederic Chopin
Marc Jacobs 
Samuel de Champlain 
Wes Montgomery 
Kate DiCamillo 
Ravi Shankar 
Jeane Kirkpatrick 
Sally Field 
Randy Quaid