Birthdays occurring on May, 25

1929

Beverly Sills was born on May 25, 1929 . b.1929 There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. More quotations from Beverly Sills

1932

John Gregory Dunne was born on May 25, 1932 American writer, 1932-2003 Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe. More quotations from John Gregory Dunne

1938

Raymond Carver was born on May 25, 1938 American short-story writer and poet whose realistic writings about the working poor mirrored his own life. 1938-1988 Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that. More quotations from Raymond Carver

Deaths occurring on May, 25

1681

Pedro Calderon de la Barca died on May 25, 1681 Dramatist and poet, the greatest Spanish playwright of the Golden Age, 1600-1681 What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams More quotations from Pedro Calderon de la Barca