February 9: Notable Births and Deaths, with Quotes
Let’s explore notable birth and death anniversaries for February 9.
Joe Pesci, actor (February 9, 1943–present)
“Making the ‘Lethal Weapons’ was the most fun I’ve ever had. We just played around, you know?” —Joe Pesci
De Semlyen, Nick. “The Irishman Week: When Empire Interviewed Joe Pesci.” Empire, May 11, 2019, https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/irishman-week-when-empire-interviewed-joe-pesci/.
“I was a stage brat. I had to dance in front of mirrors. I did TV shows. I played little crippled kids in plays, making smart-alec remarks. If you learn how to do comedy at a young age, it creeps into everything you do. You find out you don’t have to lean on a line to make it funny.” —Joe Pesci
De Semlyen, Nick. “The Irishman Week: When Empire Interviewed Joe Pesci.” Empire, May 11, 2019, https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/irishman-week-when-empire-interviewed-joe-pesci/.
“I wound up in New York running a restaurant, because I had nothing else to do. I got tired of auditioning in California, of bumping into walls and saying, ‘Excuse me!’ I was terrified of offending anybody, and I got so timid and backward.” —Joe Pesci
De Semlyen, Nick. “The Irishman Week: When Empire Interviewed Joe Pesci.” Empire, May 11, 2019, https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/irishman-week-when-empire-interviewed-joe-pesci/.
Joseph Stiglitz, economist (February 9, 1943–present)
“When I went to Amherst College I studied physics and math. And then towards the end of my third year, my junior year, I decided that I was more interested in working on social problems, problems with society and using the mathematics I’d learned and combining that with my interest in history and society, to work on economic problems.” —Joseph Stiglitz
Lofgren, Karl-Gustaf and Crepin, Anne-Sophie. “Interview Transcript.” The Nobel Prize, December 12, 2001, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2001/akerlof/26012-interview-transcript-2001-3/.
“I love mathematics, but I decided I really wanted to work on problems of society.” —Joseph Stiglitz
Lofgren, Karl-Gustaf and Crepin, Anne-Sophie. “Interview Transcript.” The Nobel Prize, December 12, 2001, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2001/akerlof/26012-interview-transcript-2001-3/.
“What is credit? It’s ascertaining who is credit worthy, which is an information issue.” —Joseph Stiglitz
Lofgren, Karl-Gustaf and Crepin, Anne-Sophie. “Interview Transcript.” The Nobel Prize, December 12, 2001, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2001/akerlof/26012-interview-transcript-2001-3/.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, author (November 11, 1821–February 9, 1881)
“It’s the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet, tender joy. The mild serenity of age takes the place of the riotous blood of youth.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. “The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Project Gutenberg, February 12, 2009, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.htm.
“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. “The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Project Gutenberg, February 12, 2009, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.htm.
“Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.” —Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. “The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Project Gutenberg, February 12, 2009, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.htm.
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