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Born on April 8th

Discover quotes and deep life insights from authors, creators, and leaders born on April 8th. Enjoy their wisdom and share their quotes.

Quotes by Authors Born Today (149)

"In the field of innovation & tech, technology is the canvas where human imagination meets the logic of physical reality."

Barbara Kingsolver
Topic: Technology

"We do not build machines to replace our thoughts, but to expand the boundaries of what we can dream. As a influential author, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

Barbara Kingsolver
Topic: Technology

"The future is compiled from the small lines of code we write today in search of harmony."

Barbara Kingsolver
Topic: Technology

"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."

Barbara Kingsolver
Topic: Mother's Day

"Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"Leave the atom alone."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"Follow the yellow brick road."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Love

"The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"Follow the fellow who follows a dream."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"There ought to be a law against necessity."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Wisdom

"Leave the atom alone."

E. Y. Harburg
Topic: Science

"In the field of motivation & action, do not wait for a clear sky; the most resilient journeys begin in the midst of the storm."

Edmund Husserl
Topic: Motivation

"Success is not a destination of comfort, but the daily practice of stepping into the unknown. As a poet & novelist, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

Edmund Husserl
Topic: Motivation

"Your potential is a fire waiting to be kindled by the friction of consistent effort."

Edmund Husserl
Topic: Motivation

"When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Wisdom

"I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Wisdom

"I can't say anything I don't love about Seattle."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Love

"I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Wisdom

"Every year, you have to keep adjusting. I'm 28; I'm not 19 anymore. You have to work harder now."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Mindfulness

"In '05, '06, '07 and '08, I wasn't throwing any changeups at all. Maybe two or three per game. In '09, I started playing with the grip, started throwing it in the bullpen and playing catch. It came out really good."

Felix Hernandez
Topic: Motivation

"I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Wisdom

"I'm a bit of a fashion magpie."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Wisdom

"When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Motivation

"After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Creativity

"I have sisters who act, and I'd always seen it as their thing. I was never in the school plays like them - I wanted to be a painter."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Creativity

"It can be difficult to get cast as something that is off-center from you, and my biggest fear is to be typecast."

Gabriella Wilde
Topic: Wisdom
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