Quotes from authors born on Dec 16th
Only the dead have seen the end of the war.
George Santayana
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
George Santayana
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
George Santayana
One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
George Santayana
What I did was sit down with the Washington State officials, with the historic preservation people, with the tribe, the local community, the port of Port Angeles, and we worked this thing out, and we protected the tribe's interest.
Norm Dicks
Gustav Klimt 
Michael Hayden 
Suzy Parker 
Ford Frick 
Bill Pullman 
Richard Carlson 
Cool Papa Bell 
Uri Geller