Quote of the day
Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
Mary Robinson
Born: May 21, 1944 (age 80)
Bio: Mary Therese Winifred Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002.
Known for:
- A Voice for Human Rights
- Memoirs of Mary Robinson, Perdita
- Beaux and Belles of England
- Poems, 1791
- You Are a Success! (1991)