Quotes from authors that died on Feb 15th
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
Stephen Gardiner
In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.
Stephen Gardiner
Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.
Ethel Merman
It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
Richard P. Feynman
Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.
Mark Hanna
Lynn Fontanne 
Karl Malden 
Dave Winer 
Joanne Woodward 
Vissarion Belinsky 
Jordana Brewster 
Adrian Grenier 
Germaine Greer