Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
John T. Noonan, Jr.

Born: October 24, 1926
Died: April 17, 2017 (aged 90)
Bio: John Thomas Noonan, Jr. was a Senior United States federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in San Francisco, California.
Known for:
- A Church That Can And Cannot Change (2005)
- Bribes (1984)
- Contraception (1965)