Roger Federer (1981) Swiss tennis player
Martina Navratilova, winner of 18 Grand Slams http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-wimbledonborg&prov=reuters&type=lgns
Said sarcastically to Pierre Laval in 1935, in response to being asked whether he could do anything with Russian Catholics to help Laval win favour with the Pope, to counter the increasing threat of Nazism; as quoted in The Second World War (1948) by Winston Churchill vol. 1, ch. 8, p. 105.
Contemporary witnesses
Roger Federer (1981) Swiss tennis player
Martina Navratilova, winner of 18 Grand Slams http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=reu-wimbledonborg&prov=reuters&type=lgns
Andrew Sullivan (1963) Journalist, writer, blogger
“God Made You Like That” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/andrew-sullivan-why-we-should-say-yes-to-drugs.html, New York magazine (25 May, 2018)
Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)
Source: 2000s, Promises to Keep (2008), Page 208
“How many Macintosh division employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?”
Guy Kawasaki (1954) American businessman and author
The answer is one. The Macintosh division employee holds up the light bulb and expects the universe to revolve around it. <br class="br"> Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669
Guy Kawasaki (1954) American businessman and author
Speech at Stanford University 2 March 2011 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2669
“Our country has experienced many divisive dark days, but God’s hand has guided us through it all.”
Bernice King (1963) American minister, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Plea to congress open letter
“He is divisive. He is manipulative. He is a user. He has taken much from me and the industry.”
Gary Kildall (1942–1994) Computer scientist and entrepreneur
Unpublished memoir Computer Connections, referring to Bill Gates; quoted in Paul Andrews (14 July 1994), "A Career Spent in Gates' Shadow—Computer Pioneer Dies at 52", Seattle Times
“I want to know how many years I got.”
Orson Scott Card book Red Prophet
“Many,” said Ta-Kumsaw. “Or few. All that matters is what you do with however many years you have.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 17.
“The right measure is not how many customers you've got, but how closely you hold them.”
Ron Kaufman (1956) American author and consultant
Lift Me UP! Service With A Smile (2005)