Quotes from authors that died on Jan 8th
You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.
Eli Whitney
One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.
Eli Whitney
I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
Eli Whitney
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
Galileo Galilei
Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
Robert Baden-Powell
Nipsey Russell 
Vince Neil 
Ernest Rutherford 
Geoff Hoon 
Carl Spitteler 
Melissa Gilbert 
William Bennett 
Conor Oberst