"No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world." — Aristotle, Greek philosopher, born 384 BC
"You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets lined up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet." — Simon Armitage, British poet, born 1963
"There is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death." — Karen Armstrong, English author, born 1944
"To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!" — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"Give me a kiss to build a dream on and my imagination will thrive upon that kiss Sweetheart. I ask no more than this. A kiss to build a dream on." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself." — Louis Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter, born 1901
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." — Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, born 1930
"Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed." — Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, born 1930
"Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation." — Jean Arp, Alsatian painter, born 1886
"Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the internment, and I like who I am." — Ruth Asawa, American sculptor, born 1926
"The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be." — John Ashbery, American poet, born 1927