Quotes from authors born in 1879
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Albert Einstein
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Albert Einstein
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Albert Einstein
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Albert Einstein
Nicholas Meyer 
Bill Terry 
Robert Klein 
Roland Gift 
Terry Pratchett 
George Whitefield 
James Thomas Fields 
Michael Connelly