February 1: Notable Births and Deaths, with Quotes
Let’s explore notable birth and death anniversaries for February 1.
Pauly Shore, actor and comedian (February 1, 1968–present)
“I like to start things and then let other people make more money off them.” —Pauly Shore
Orange, B. Alan. “Pauly Shore Invites Us Into His Guest House for Some Big Laughs [Exclusive].” MovieWeb, September 1, 2020, https://movieweb.com/pauly-shore-guest-house-interview/.
“Someone said that, like in my older movies, it was always me being the younger kid and then going up against these kind of corporate, straitlaced people. And now I’m the older guy, going over to the corporate, straitlaced people that are younger. Does that make sense?” —Pauly Shore
Orange, B. Alan. “Pauly Shore Invites Us Into His Guest House for Some Big Laughs [Exclusive].” MovieWeb, September 1, 2020, https://movieweb.com/pauly-shore-guest-house-interview/.
“I acted before I did stand up. And then once I did stand up, I got on MTV. MTV then exploded. And then from there, you know, it was off to the races.” —Pauly Shore
Orange, B. Alan. “Pauly Shore Invites Us Into His Guest House for Some Big Laughs [Exclusive].” MovieWeb, September 1, 2020, https://movieweb.com/pauly-shore-guest-house-interview/.
Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City (December 12, 1924–February 1, 2013)
“Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It’s sterile. It’s nothing. It’s wasting your life, and people do not wish to waste their lives once they’ve seen New York! … This rural American thing — I’m telling you, it’s a joke.” —Ed Koch
Cirilli, Kevin. “Outspoken Ed Koch’s best quotes.” Politico, February 1, 2013, https://www.politico.com/gallery/outspoken-ed-kochs-best-quotes?slide=0.
“People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, ‘I’m free at last.’” —Ed Koch
Cirilli, Kevin. “Outspoken Ed Koch’s best quotes.” Politico, February 1, 2013, https://www.politico.com/gallery/outspoken-ed-kochs-best-quotes?slide=1.
“If you listen to Giuliani, it’s like nobody did anything to improve the city except him. I’m not part of the history. Bloomberg’s not part of the history. It’s like, he did it. He’s the only one. That’s why he’s a little crazy.” —Ed Koch
Cirilli, Kevin. “Outspoken Ed Koch’s best quotes.” Politico, February 1, 2013, https://www.politico.com/gallery/outspoken-ed-kochs-best-quotes?slide=6.
Werner Heisenberg, theoretical physicist (December 5, 1901–February 1, 1976)
“The very fact that the formalism of quantum mechanics cannot be interpreted as visual description of a phenomenon occurring in space and time shows that quantum mechanics is in no way concerned with the objective determination of space-time phenomena.” —Werner Heisenberg
Heisenberg, Werner. “The Development of Quantum Mechanics.” NobelPrize.org, January 29, 2022, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/lecture/.
“The laws of quantum mechanics are basically statistical. Although the parameters of an atomic system are determined in their entirety by an experiment, the result of a future observation of the system is not generally accurately predictable.” —Werner Heisenberg
Heisenberg, Werner. “The Development of Quantum Mechanics.” NobelPrize.org, January 29, 2022, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/lecture/.
Mary Shelley, author (August 30, 1797–February 1, 1851)
“Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.” —Mary Shelley
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin). “Frankenstein.” Project Gutenberg, November 13, 2020, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm.
“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” —Mary Shelley
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin). “Frankenstein.” Project Gutenberg, November 13, 2020, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm.
“The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” —Mary Shelley
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin). “Frankenstein.” Project Gutenberg, November 13, 2020, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm.
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