1128 – “When we shit we forget our airs and our graces, we forget how famous we or how rich we are. All of that goes away. You are never more yourself than when you’re taking a shit. You have that moment where you realize, This is me. This is who I am.

– Trevor Noah

642 – “To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man’s character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. Judged by the standards of one century, the noblest characters of an earlier on lose much of their lustre; judged by the standards of today, there is probably no illustrious man of four or five centuries ago whose character could meet the test at all points.”

–Mark Twain

23 – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.”

– Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas A Watson on March 10, 1876 in the first telephone call, which was the first successful bi-directional transmission of clear speech [See Source Notes for some more information]