Just when you think you've won the race, along come faster rats.

Just when you think you've won the race, along come faster rats.is my saying for today (August 25th)!

Quote of the day: "If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." by J. Paul Getty

Grandparent's quote/image of the day is

Grandma Quote

Word of the day: hyposmia - noun: impaired sense of smell

August 25th is the 237th day of the year (238th in a leap year) and there are 128 days left until the end of the year.

If today is your Birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

If you would like your birthday or a family member, or even a friends included in my "Birthday List", just leave a comment with all the pertinent information like Name, nickname, occupation and date of birth!

Some other, Famous People who were born on August 25th!

1530, Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)

1561, Dutch astronomer, Philippe van Lansberge (d. 1632)

1624, French confessor of Louis XIV of France, François de la Chaise (d. 1709)

1662, American educator, John Leverett the Younger (d. 1724)

1707, King Louis I of Spain, (d. 1724)

1719, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (d. 1795)

1724, British painter, George Stubbs (d. 1806)

1741, German theologian, Karl Friedrich Bahrdt (d. 1792)

1744, German writer, Johann Gottfried Herder (d. 1803)

1767, French revolutionary and writer, Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just (d. 1794)

1786, King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)

1796, American land baron, James Lick (d. 1876)

1802, Austrian poet, Nikolaus Lenau (d. 1850)

1803, The Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (d. 1880)

1829, Italian composer and concert pianist, Carlo Acton (d. 1909)

1836, American writer, Bret Harte (d. 1902)

1841, Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate, Emil Theodor Kocher (d. 1917)

1845, King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)

1867, American jurist and diplomat, James W. Gerard (d. 1951)

1868, Greek shooter, Nikolaos Levidis

1882, Irish politician, Seán T. O'Kelly (d. 1966)

1891, Russian-born Israeli poet and writer, David Shimoni (d. 1956)

1893, American dental researcher, Henry Trendley Dean (d. 1962)

1898, German mathematician, Helmut Hasse (d. 1975)

1898, England cricketer, Arthur Wood (d. 1973)

1900, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate, Hans Adolf Krebs (d. 1981)

1902, German-born composer, Stefan Wolpe (d. 1972)

1903, American chess writer, Arpad Elo (d. 1992)

1905, Polish mystic, Faustina Kowalska (d. 1938)

1906, England cricketer, Jim Smith (d. 1979)

1909, English actor, Michael Rennie (d. 1971)

1910, Canadian singer and actress, Ruby Keeler (d. 1993)

1910, American painter, Dorothea Tanning

1910, American baseball player, George Cisar (d. 2010)

1911, Vietnamese general and statesman, Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

1912, East German politician, Erich Honecker (d. 1994)

1913, American cartoonist, Walt Kelly (d. 1973)

1913, American actor, Don DeFore (d. 1993)

1915, American violist, Walter Trampler (d. 1997)

1916, American actor, Van Johnson (d. 2008)

1916, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate, Frederick Chapman Robbins (d. 2003)

1916, Japanese aviator, Saburo Sakai (d. 2000)

1917, Cuban-American actor, Film director and film producer, Mel Ferrer (d. 2008)

1917, Danish actress, Lisbeth Movin

1918, American conductor and composer, Leonard Bernstein (d. 1990)

1918, English actor, Richard Greene (d. 1985)

1919, American politician, George Wallace (d. 1998)

1921, Canadian-born game show host, Monty Hall

1921, Irish-born writer, Brian Moore (d. 1999)

1921, Canadian politician, Bryce Mackasey (d. 1999)

1925, Canadian politician, Thea Astleyx (d. 2004)

1927, American tennis player, Althea Gibson (d. 2003)

1928, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert Kroemer

1928, American baseball player, Darrell Johnson (d. 2004)

1928, American football player, John "Kayo" Dottley

1930, Scottish actor, Sean Connery

1930, Canadian actor, Graham Jarvis (d. 2003)

1930, New Zealand actor, Bruce Allpress

1931, Los Angeles based local news anchor, Hal Fishman (d. 2007)

1931, American television host, Regis Philbin

1933, American jazz musician, Wayne Shorter

1933, American actor, Tom Skerritt

1934, French Canadian politician, Lise Bacon

1934, Filipino disk jockey, Television host, And Senator, Eddie Ilarde

1935, American poet, Charles Wright

1938, American actor, David Canary

1938, English author, Frederick Forsyth

1939, American film director, John Badham

1940, Belgian baritone, José Van Dam

1941, American film writer, Marshall Brickman

1942, American politician, Nathan Deal

1944, American actor, Anthony Heald

1944, Newspaper magnate, Conrad Black

1944, Canadian hockey coach, Jacques Demers

1946, American baseball player, Rollie Fingers

1946, American poet and children's author, Charles Ghigna (Father Goose)

1946, American football player, Charlie Sanders

1948, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer, Nicholas A. Peppas

1949, English novelist, Martin Amis

1949, American actor, John Savage

1949, Israeli-born musician, Gene Simmons

1949, Canadian-Iranian composer, Fariborz Lachini

1950, American jazz musician, Charles Fambrough

1951, English singer, Rob Halford

1951, American radio personality, Bill Handel

1952, English keyboardist, Geoff Downes

1952, Sri Lankan cricketer, Duleep Mendis

1954, English musician, Elvis Costello

1955, German politician, Gerd Müller

1955, Tamil actor and politician, Vijayakanth

1956, Japanese football manager, Takeshi Okada

1956, Finnish rally driver, Henri Toivonen (d. 1986)

1957, Pakistani cricketer, Sikander Bakht

1957, British actor, writer and theatre director, Simon McBurney

1958, American film director, Tim Burton

1958, American actor, Christian LeBlanc

1958, American academic, Sterling Harwood

1959, American operatic soprano, Ruth Ann Swenson

1960, American actress, Ashley Crow

1960, Austrian footballer, Georg Zellhofer

1961, American singer and actor, Billy Ray Cyrus

1962, American actor, David Packer

1962, Irish musician, Vivian Campbell

1962, Pakistani cricketer, Shahid Mahboob

1963, Canadian actress, Christine McGlade

1964, Russian mathematician, Maxim Kontsevich

1964, Greek chess grandmaster, Vasilios Kotronias

1964, American television writer and producer, Marti Noxon

1964, American comic book artist and writer, Dan Parent

1964, American actor, Blair Underwood

1964, British actress, Joanne Whalley

1965, American singer, Mia Zapata (d. 1993)

1965, Indian cricketer, Sanjeev Sharma

1965, American football player, Cornelius Bennett

1966, American baseball player, Albert Belle

1966, American keyboardist, Derek Sherinian

1966, American actor, Robert Maschio

1967, English actor, Tom Hollander

1967, American singer, Jeff Tweedy

1968, Turkish singer and composer, Rafet El Roman

1968, Japanese actress, Model and racing driver, Yuri Mitsui

1968, Scottish musician, Stuart Murdoch

1968, Japanese singer and composer, Takeshi Ueda

1968, American chef and television personality, Rachael Ray

1968, American musician, Spider One

1969, Canadian actor, Cameron Mathison

1969, Author, Sportswriter, Actor and Ballhawk, John Witt

1969, Indian cricketer, Vivek Razdan

1969, American voice actor, Steve Staley

1969, English actress, Rachel Shelley

1970, American basketball player, Robert Horry

1970, American country music singer, Jo Dee Messina

1970, German model, Claudia Schiffer

1971, Professional wrestler, Mike Lockwood (d. 2003)

1972, American football player, Marvin Harrison

1973, Turkish/German film director, Fatih Akin

1974, American actor, Eric Millegan

1974, Dutch comedian, Dave Luza

1974, Dominican baseball player, Pablo Ozuna

1975, Australian swimmer, Petria Thomas

1976, Swedish actor, Alexander Skarsgård

1976, Pakistani cricketer, Javed Qadeer

1976, American basketball player, Damon Jones

1977, Canadian actress, Sophie Cadieux

1977, American boxer, Diego Corrales (d. 2007)

1977, Canadian hockey player, Andy McDonald

1977, American actor, Jonathan Togo

1978, American actor, Kel Mitchell

1978, German rugby player, Robert Mohr

1979, American basketball player, Marlon Harewoodx

1979, American basketball player, Deanna Nolan

1980, American baseball player, Neal Musser

1981, American actress, Rachel Bilson

1981, Australian cancer activist, Clare Oliver (d. 2007)

1983, British racing driver, James Rossiter

1987, Panamanian/American actress, Whitney Stevens

1987, Canadian actress, Stacey Farber

1987, Chinese actress and singer, Liu Yifei

1987, American actress, Blake Lively

1987, Scottish singer and songwriter, Amy Macdonald

1987, American baseball player, Justin Upton

1987, Australian footballer, James Wesolowski

1988, English singer, Alexandra Burke

1988, Brazilian/American golfer, Angela Park

1988, English singer, Ray Quinn

1992, Japanese singer, Miyabi Natsuyaki

1998, American actress and singer, China Anne McClain

Famous People who Died on August 25th!

383, Roman Emperor, Gratian (b. 359)

471, Patriarch of Constantinople, Gennadius I (b. 458)

1192, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)

1270, King Louis IX of France (b. 1214)

1282, English saint, Thomas Cantilupe (b. c. 1218)

1330, Scottish soldier, Sir James Douglas (b. 1286)

1482, Queen of Henry VI of England, Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)

1554, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Thomas Howard (b. 1473)

1632, English dramatist, Thomas Dekker (b. c. 1572)

1650, English poet, Richard Crashaw (b. c. 1613)

1688, Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan (b. c. 1635)

1699, King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)

1711, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Edward Villiers

1742, Portuguese composer, Carlos Seixas (b. 1704)

1774, Italian composer, Niccolò Jommelli (b. 1714)

1776, Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume (b. 1711)

1792, French writer, Jacques Cazotte (b. 1719)

1794, Belgian-born Austrian diplomat, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (b. 1727)

1822, German-born astronomer, William Herschel (b. 1738)

1867, English scientist, Michael Faraday (b. 1791)

1900, German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche (b. 1844)

1900, Prime Minister of Japan, Kuroda Kiyotaka (b. 1840)

1904, French painter, Henri Fantin-Latour (b. 1836)

1904, Canadian Royal Naval sailor, William Hall (b. 1827)

1908, French physicist, Nobel laureate, Henri Becquerel (b. 1852)

1924, Filipino general, Mariano Álvarez (b. 1818)

1925, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (b. 1852)

1930, American Boxer, Frankie Campbell (b. 1904)

1938, Russian writer, Aleksandr Kuprin (b. 1870)

1939, Canadian hockey player, Babe Siebert (b. 1904)

1940, Duc de Guise, Orleanist pretender to the French throne, Jean d'Orleans (b. 1874)

1942, Duke of Kent, George Edward Alexander Windsor (b. 1902)

1945, American intelligence officer and missionary, John Birch (b. 1918)

1950, Professional wrestler, Earl Caddock (b. 1888)

1956, American research biologist, Alfred Kinsey (b. 1894)

1965, American baseball player, Moonlight Graham (b. 1879)

1967, Eighth Prime Minister of Australia, Stanley Bruce (b. 1883)

1967, Polish actor, Paul Muni (b. 1895)

1967, American Nazi Party leader, George Lincoln Rockwell (b. 1918)

1968, Australian cricketer, Stan McCabe (b. 1910)

1970, Japanese architect, Tachu Naito (b. 1886)

1971, American musician and entertainer, Ted Lewis (b. 1890)

1976, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate, Eyvind Johnson (b. 1900)

1979, American musician and bandleader, Stan Kenton (b. 1911)

1980, American dancer and choreographer, Gower Champion (b. 1919)

1984, American author, Truman Capote (b. 1924)

1984, American baseball player, Waite Hoyt (b. 1899)

1984, Soviet gymnast, Viktor Chukarin (b. 1921)

1985, American social activist, Samantha Smith (b. 1972)

1990, Canadian writer, Morley Callaghan (b. 1903)

1999, English musician, Rob Fisher (b. 1956)

2000, American cartoonist, Carl Barks (b. 1901)

2000, American record producer, Jack Nitzsche (b. 1937)

2001, American R&B singer and actress, Aaliyah (b. 1979)

2001, Canadian hockey player, Carl Brewer (b. 1938)

2001, British race driver, Ken Tyrrell (b. 1924)

2001, French actor and singer, Philippe Léotard (b. 1940)

2002, Greek actor, Giannis Gionakis (b. 1922)

2002, Australian writer, Dorothy Hewett (b. 1923)

2005, German politician, Peter Glotz (b. 1939)

2006, 2nd president of Trinidad & Tobago, Noor Mohamed Hassanali (b. 1918)

2007, English footballer, Ray Jones (b. 1988)

2008, American basketball player, Kevin Duckworth (b. 1964)

2008, Slovenian mountaineer, Pavle Kozjek (b. 1959)

2009, United States Senator from Massachusetts, Brother of John F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (b. 1932)