Quotes from authors that died on Aug 21st
There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
Leon Trotsky
You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
William Lyon Phelps
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
William Lyon Phelps
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
William Lyon Phelps
Solitude begets whimsies.
Mary Wortley Montagu
Lyman Abbott 
Ed Asner 
Carmen Electra 
Donny Osmond 
Jason Marsden 
Eddie Van Halen 
Ronnie Spector 
Rock Hudson