Quotes from authors born on Jan 4th
Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.
Max Eastman
I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything.
Dave Foley
There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family.
Peter Steele
There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Everett Dirksen
But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt.
Michael Stipe

Van Heflin
Mike Oldfield
Auguste Renoir
Rachel Ward
Thomas J. Watson
Michael Douglas
Alexander Pope
Emmylou Harris