Creator of Abor Day, Julius Sterling Morton in 1858. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Julius Sterling Morton – 1832 – Scientist
“Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
Charles Fillmore – 1854 – Educator
“Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.”
Claude Debussy – 1862 – Composer
“Music is the silence between the notes.”
Dorothy Parker – 1893 – Humorist
“I don’t care what is written about me, so long as it isn’t true.”
Cyril Clarke – 1907 – Scientist
“You could say people are living longer because of the decline in religion. Not many people believe in the hereafter, so they keep going.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson – 1908 – Photographer
“To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.”
Ray Bradbury – 1920 – Writer
“Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spend the rest of the day putting the pieces together.”
Theodore Zeldin – 1933 – Philosopher
“A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.”
Norman Schwarzkopf – 1934 – American General
“The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
Valerie Harper – 1940 – Actress
“I’m trying to live every moment as much as I can.”
Bill Parcells – 1941 – Football Coach
“I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.”
American writer Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Diana Nyad – 1949 – Author
“This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.”
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje – 1967 – Actor
“I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you’re the author of your own destiny.”
Giada De Laurentiis – 1970 – Chef
“Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.”
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