Quote of the day
My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!
George Seldes
Born: November 16, 1890
Died: July 2, 1995 (aged 104)
Bio: Henry George Seldes was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950.
Known for:
- Facts and fascism (1943)
- Witness to a century (1987)
- The great quotations (1960)
- One thousand Americans (1947)