As quoted in 20,000 Quips & Quotes (1995) by Evan Esa
“I was a Leap Year baby, and it seems to me that I have been leaping ever since.”
Augusta Savage (1892–1962) American sculptor
On the trajectory of her life and career in “Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students” https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/740459875/sculptor-augusta-savage-said-her-legacy-was-the-work-of-her-students in NPR (2019 Jul 15)
Marvin Gaye (1939–1984) American singer-songwriter and musician
Sexual Healing, co-written with Odell Brown and David Ritz.
Song lyrics, Midnight Love (1982)
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. ”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“My mom is my biggest fan. She’s been a fan since I was a baby.”
Justin Bieber (1994) Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
Vibe "Justin Bieber on Photo Shoots, Puberty, 2Pac & Drake" http://www.vibe.com/article/justin-bieber-photo-shoots-puberty-2pac-drake, 22 July 2010
Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
On his suicide attempt at age 17
1990s, Moab is My Washpot (autobiography, 1997)
“Scrawny? Baby, I invented scrawny. Scrawny is the new sizzling hot.”
Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena
Source: The Mark of Athena
Jan Smuts (1870–1950) military leader, politician and statesman from South Africa
In August 1946, as quoted by James Barber in South Africa in the Twentieth Century, p. 134
Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist
Ham and Tongue.
One-Half of Robertson Davies (1977)
Context: I have never consciously "used" humour in my life. Such humour as I may have is one of the elements in which I live. I cannot recall a time when I was not conscious of the deep, heaving, rolling ocean of hilarity that lies so very near the surface of life in most of its aspects. If I am a moralist — and I suppose I am — I am certainly not a gloomy moralist, and if humour finds its way into my work it is because I cannot help it.
“I want my baby
Where is my baby?
I want my baby
Where is my baby?”
Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist
"I Think That I Would Die"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)
