"A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting." — Christian Dior, French fashion designer, born 1905
"After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world." — Christian Dior, French fashion designer, born 1905
"What happened, Mother? Why did we all run? Bambi's Mother: Man was in the forest." — Walt Disney, Co-founded Walt Disney Company, born 1901
"Laughter is America's most important export." — Walt Disney, Co-founded Walt Disney Company, born 1901
"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse." — Walt Disney, Co-founded Walt Disney Company, born 1901
"I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience." — Dorothea Dix, American activist, born 1802
"All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time." — Otto Dix, German painter, born 1891
"People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance." — Otto Dix, German painter, born 1891
"It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." — E. L. Doctorow, American author, born 1931
"I like commas. I detest semi-colons - I don't think they belong in a story. And I gave up quotation marks long ago. I found I didn't need them, they were fly-specks on the page." — E. L. Doctorow, American author, born 1931
"Chance is the one thing you can't buy. You have to pay for it with your life, you pay for it with time, not the wasting of time but the spending of time." — Robert Doisneau, French photographer, born 1912