Thórarna, the woman from Landbrot
Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) (1957)
Robert Downey Jr. (1965) American actor
Source: "Robert Downey Jr. on Being an Entrepreneur: 'I Never Learned Anything While I Was Talking'" https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2021/04/02/robert-downey-jr-talks-businessman-irl (2 April 2021)
Alan Grayson (1958) American politician
In a response to Sarah Palin's comments at an Orlando fundraiser for his opponent, 3-15-2010 Verified user comment, Daily Kos Diary, ROFL! Grayson on Palin, by diarist "emilysdad", published Mon Mar 15, 2010 at 09:16:44 AM PDT http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2010/3/15/12619/1678/203#c203. "Grayson for Congress newsletter", March 12, 2010 http://www.graysonforcongress.com/newsletter_detail.asp?OptInEmailId=314. <br class="br">2009, Regarding others
“Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to…”
Shaun Tan book The Red Tree
Source: The Red Tree
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)
Source: Miscellanies in Verse and Prose. by Alexander Pope, Esq; And Dean Swift. in One Volume. Viz. the Strange and Deplorable Frensy of Mr. John Dennis. ... Epitaph on Francis Ch-Is. Soldier and Scholar. with Several More Epigrams, Epitaphs, and Poems.
“You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.”
Julia Child (1921–2004) American chef
“I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight..”
Pancho Villa (1878–1923) Mexican revolutionary
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”
Edmund Burke book Reflections on the Revolution in France
Volume iii, p. 274
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) American Modernist writer, poet and artist
Letter to Emily Holmes Coleman (2 February 1934) http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/VSALM/mod/brandelmcdaniel/index/library.htm
