#bornonthisdaysaid #SiegfriedSassoon "Let my soul, a shining tree, Silver branches lift towards thee, Where on a hallowed winter’s night The clear-eyed angels may alight." Siegfried Sassoon #botd #8hSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #HughGrant “My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.” Hugh Grant #botd #9thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #elsaschiaparelli “Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.” Elsa Schiaparelli #botd #10thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #TheodorAdorno “People have so manipulated the concept of freedom that it finally boils down to the right of the stronger and richer to take from the weaker and poorer whatever they still have.” Theodor Adorno #botd #11thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #IreneJoliotCurie “The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize.” Irene Joliot-Curie #nobellaureate #botd #12thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #stellamccartney “I´m a real believer that just doing a little something is a lot better than doing a lot of nothing.” Stella McCartney #botd #13thSeptember

Whatever people say about Twitter or X, above the cesspit of bile there are some very funny and creative people

#bornonthisdaysaid #AmandaBarrie Robert Blackhall on his 65th birthday On being content at being a little bit older, Barrie said “I wouldn’t be young again if you filled my bath with ass’ milk.” #botd #14thSeptember

The fabulous Syd Lawrence who has been struck with this cruel disease. A very moving piece

#bornonthisdaysaid “I think people have forgotten I am Welsh, because I don’t play Welsh very often. I was told very early on in my career by the great Welsh character actor Kenneth Griffith, “Don’t be a Welsh actor, boy. It limits you.” Tenby born #CliveMerrison #botd #15/9/24

#bornonthisdaysaid #leekuanyew “Having an education is one thing, being educated is another.” Lee Kuan Yew #botd #16thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #IndarjitSingh “Laws can control the boundaries of bad behaviour but they do not create good behaviour” Lord Indarjit Singh #botd #17thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #MoMowlam “You're never terrified when you say what you mean - are you?” Mo Mowlam #botd #18thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #AlunWynJones “Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.” Alun Wyn Jones #botd #19thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid Talking about people studying philosophy at Oxford, "It teaches them to be clever, destructive, supercilious and ignorant. It doesn't teach you what's important. It doesn't feed the soul." #GillianRose #botd #20thSeptember

Introducing #bornonthisdaysaid “Dynamic Liking” #liamgallagher It is free to like this quote but if it is very popular, it may cost £500 just to see it. “Once the music gets in you, it doesn't leave you.” Liam Gallagher #botd #21stSeptember #oasis #dynamicpricing

#bornonthisdaysaid #MichaelFaraday "Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach." Michael Faraday #botd #22ndSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid "I am a living witness that any one of you can be Victoria Woodhull, because I was a nobody and became Victoria Woodhull simply by demanding my rights as a human being." #victoriawoodhull – first Woman to stand for the Presidency of USA #BOTD #23rdSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #bessiebraddock After bringing air rifles into the House of Commons, Bessie Braddock said “No one takes any notice unless someone does something which is out of order, - I know I was out of order... I did it deliberately!” #BOTD #24thSeptember

#bornonthisdaysaid #declandonnelly “Anyone who's ever had a loved one go through addiction will know just how devastating it can be and how tough it is for those around them, as much as it is for the addict.” Declan Donnelly #BOTD #25thSeptember #antanddec