The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment. Dave Barry
US columnist & humorist (1947 - ) We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart L. Udall, commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
US politician (1920 - ) No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony. Isadora Duncan, The Sensational Life of Isadora Duncan Only the gentle are ever really strong. James Dean I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. George Best I just drank eighteen whiskies. That must be a record. Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet (1914 - 1953) The talent is in the choices. Robert De Niro Under the influence of art the walls expand, the roof rises, and it becomes a temple. Robert Ingersoll, On Isadora Duncan
US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator (1833 - 1899) The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. Salvador Dali, from Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp, by Pierre Cabanne, 1987, pp. 13-14
Spanish Catalan Surrealist painter (1904 - 1989) There but for the grace of God go [I]. John Bradford, Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins | 
