"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead." — Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet, born 1889
"No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot, survivor of that time, that place." — Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet, born 1889
"He that has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a rope." — Edward Albee, American playwright, born 1928
"It's a good idea to have friends both in Heaven and in Hell." — Edward Albee, American playwright, born 1928
"All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time." — Mitch Albom, American author, born 1958
"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile." — Madeleine Albright, American politician, born 1937
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." — Louisa May Alcott, American poet, born 1832
"Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know." — Louisa May Alcott, American poet, born 1832
"I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head." — Alan Alda, American actor, born 1936
"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in." — Alan Alda, American actor, born 1936
"There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight." — Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, born 1930
"Rain is falling falling and the memories keep flooding by. They show me a senseless world, a voracious world, but I keep loving it." — Claribel Alegria, Nicaraguan poet, born 1924