June 16: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on June 16.
Tupac Shakur, rapper (June 16, 1971–September 13, 1996)
“I’m not a gangsta rapper. I rap about things that happen to me.” —Tupac Shakur
Powell, Kevin. “Revisit Tupac’s April 1995 Cover Story: ‘READY TO LIVE.’” VIBE, February 14, 2021, https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tupac-april-1995-cover-story-ready-to-live-686969/.
“I’m just as guilty for not doing nothing as I am for doing things. Not with this case, but just in my life. I had a job to do and I never showed up. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it.” —Tupac Shakur
Powell, Kevin. “Revisit Tupac’s April 1995 Cover Story: ‘READY TO LIVE.’” VIBE, February 14, 2021, https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tupac-april-1995-cover-story-ready-to-live-686969/.
Phil Mickelson, golfer (June 16, 1970–present)
“I’ve done all I can to help contribute to the game, contribute to the PGA Tour during my time with them, and that’s all I can do.” —Phil Mickelson
Lavner Ryan. “Phil Mickelson faces the U.S. Open media on Monday, but has no answers.” GOLF, June 13, 2022, https://www.golfchannel.com/news/phil-mickelson-now-outsider-faces-media-us-open-has-no-answers.
“I think the Boston crowds are some of the best in sports, and I think that they have given me a lot of support, and I’m very appreciative of that over the years.” —Phil Mickelson
DiMeglio, Steve. “Phil Mickelson’s U.S. Open press conference hit on everything from Donald Trump, LIV Golf and Saudia Arabia to his therapy and 9/11.” Golfweek, June 13, 2022, https://golfweek.usatoday.com/lists/phil-mickelson-us-open-2022-liv-golf-trump-saudi-arabia/.
Joyce Carol Oates, author (June 16, 1938–present)
“Productivity is a relative matter. And it’s really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer’s strongest books.” —Joyce Carol Oates
Phillips, Robert. “Joyce Carol Oates, The Art of fiction No. 72.” The Paris Review, Fall-Winter 1978, https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3441/the-art-of-fiction-no-72-joyce-carol-oates.
“The average review is a quickly written piece not meant to be definitive. So it would be misguided for a writer to read such reviews attentively. All writers without exception find themselves clapperclawed from time to time; I think the experience (provided one survives it) is wonderfully liberating: After the first death there is no other . . . A writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino’s, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit.” —Joyce Carol Oates
Phillips, Robert. “Joyce Carol Oates, The Art of fiction No. 72.” The Paris Review, Fall-Winter 1978, https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3441/the-art-of-fiction-no-72-joyce-carol-oates.
Geronimo, leader (June 16, 1829–February 17, 1909)
“When I was young, many years ago, I was a fool. Did I fear the Great White Chief? No. His people desired the country of my people. My heart was strong against him.” —Geronimo
Carlson, Peter. “When Geronimo Met Teddy Roosevelt.” HistoryNet, March 20, 2018, https://www.historynet.com/geronimo-met-teddy-roosevelt/.
“When the soldiers of the Great White Chief drove my people from our home, we went to the mountains. When they followed, we slew all we could….We starved but we killed. I said that we would never yield, for I was a fool. So I was punished and all my people were punished with me.” —Geronimo
Carlson, Peter. “When Geronimo Met Teddy Roosevelt.” HistoryNet, March 20, 2018, https://www.historynet.com/geronimo-met-teddy-roosevelt/.
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