February 8: Notable Births and Deaths, with Quotes
Let’s explore notable birth and death anniversaries for February 8.
John Grisham, novelist (February 8, 1955–present)
“I often wonder where I would be if I had stopped writing ‘A Time To Kill’ and never finished it. Several times, I went a month or so without touching it. My wife always encouraged me to keep going.” —John Grisham
Gulli, Andrew. “Interview with John Grisham.” The Strand Magazine, November 11, 2019, https://strandmag.com/interview-with-john-grisham/.
“Almost all of my books have been inspired by something I did, saw, or read about when I was a young lawyer in Mississippi many years ago, or something I read yesterday. And, yes, I am constantly trolling the news for stories about lawyers, firms, cases, courts, judges, appeals, litigation trends. That’s my world.” —John Grisham
Gulli, Andrew. “Interview with John Grisham.” The Strand Magazine, November 11, 2019, https://strandmag.com/interview-with-john-grisham/.
“Get a real job in a real career and stake your claim in your chosen field, then write as a serious hobby.” —John Grisham
Gulli, Andrew. “Interview with John Grisham.” The Strand Magazine, November 11, 2019, https://strandmag.com/interview-with-john-grisham/.
Nick Nolte, actor (February 8, 1941–present)
“Things you would like to fix, things you would like to correct, they’re buried deep in all of us.” —Nick Nolte
Travers, Ben. “Nick Nolte Knows What’s Wrong With America, and It’s Not Racism.” IndieWire, October 16, 2016, https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/nick-nolte-interview-graves-whats-wrong-with-america-1201736525/.
“Early on the draft boards, the bureaucracies, were naïve. They were naïve about the idea that any American kid would not want to go to Vietnam. They just had not figured that at all.” —Nick Nolte
Travers, Ben. “Nick Nolte Knows What’s Wrong With America, and It’s Not Racism.” IndieWire, October 16, 2016, https://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/nick-nolte-interview-graves-whats-wrong-with-america-1201736525/.
Ted Koppel, journalist (February 8, 1940–present)
“I’m terribly concerned that when you talk about the New York Times these days, when you talk about the Washington Post these days. We’re not talking about the New York Times of 50 years ago. We are not talking about the Washington Post of 50 years ago. We’re talking about organizations that I believe have, in fact, decided as organizations that Donald J. Trump is bad for the United States.” —Ted Koppel
Rossi, Rosemary. “Ted Koppel Blasts News Media for Bias Against Trump: ‘I Think Opinion Belongs on the Opinion Page.’” The Wrap, January 15, 2022, https://www.thewrap.com/ted-koppel-blasts-media-bias-against-trump/.
“I think opinion belongs on the opinion page. That’s why they call it the op-ed section. That’s where the opinion pieces are, the columns, that’s where the editorials are and that’s where it belongs. I don’t like seeing opinion being expressed on the front page of a great newspaper.” —Ted Koppel
Rossi, Rosemary. “Ted Koppel Blasts News Media for Bias Against Trump: ‘I Think Opinion Belongs on the Opinion Page.’” The Wrap, January 15, 2022, https://www.thewrap.com/ted-koppel-blasts-media-bias-against-trump/.
Connie Mack, baseball player and manager (December 22, 1862–February 8, 1956)
“After all my years, there are two things I’ve never got used to—haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he’s got to go back.” —Connie Mack
Baseball Almanac. “Connie Mack Quotes.” Baseball Almanac, https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quomack.shtml.
“No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.” —Connie Mack
Baseball Almanac. “Connie Mack Quotes.” Baseball Almanac, https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quomack.shtml.
“You’re born with two strikes against you, so don’t take a third one on your own.” —Connie Mack
Baseball Almanac. “Connie Mack Quotes.” Baseball Almanac, https://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quomack.shtml.
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